Spotlights are interviews! 
Hive account@sndbox reaches out to creative individuals and communities of all experience levels. Our goal is to raise awareness towards new users and help connect them with experienced Steemians. (50% of the SBD earned from this post will go directly to 
Hive account@jassennessaj’s account to support his content.)
Hive account@jassennessaj : Hello! I'm an Electronics Engineering Student | Strong Steemit Advocate for Students (Please reward those Student Authors!) | Steemph.cebu Community Leader | Bayanihan Curator.
Hive account@jassennessaj : I joined Steemit back in early June through a classmate / friend - 
Hive account@themanualbot - who introduced me to the platform. My initial reasons (only) were to be able to find a reliable source of income to help me with my studies. Guess what, Steemit provided all of my school, personal, and some family needs. I'm a proud Steemit Scholar! :)
Hive account@sndbox : How has your experience on this platform been?
Hive account@jassennessaj : It has been an amazing experience to be honest. I never imagined how grateful I would be to this platform. A lot has happened since I first joined Steemit, including big community meetups, campaigns and philanthropic projects. Thanks to 
Hive account@donkeypong for being the first person to help me with my goal to promote Steemit in our school.
Sndbox has also been a key factor helping us to make a better Steemit community in Cebu. The support was overwhelming. Michael and Kirk has helped us a lot, especially building 
Hive account@steemph.cebu as a pioneer Sndcastle in the Philippines.
Hive account@sndbox : We're really impressed with the community initiatives that your team has hosted in Cebu! What other initiatives are you working on in order to build up a Steemit presence surrounding your school and hometown?
Hive account@jassennessaj : We're currently focused on distributing rewards to the Cebu community via Hive account@steemph.cebu account. We host events, contests, community questions, and distribute rewards from our "Weekly feature of Authors". We believe this is a great initiative and a big way to boost our community here. For those who don't know, here's a bit more about the Cebu community:
Hive account@steemph.cebu is a community account aimed to support native Steemian writers by discovering quality posts from Filipinos located primarily in Cebu and its neighboring towns. Along with 
Hive account@steemph.iligan and 
Hive account@steemph.davao, Hive account@steemph.cebu is a branch of 
Hive account@steemph to help provide a better community for Filipinos. This is also aimed to be a force multiplier which helps 
Hive account@bayanihan and Hive account@steemph in discovering and endorsing quality posts from Filipino writers situated in Cebu and its neighboring cities (Bohol, Negros, Leyte, etc.). In this way, it helps Filipino posts have an assurance to be covered all over the country.
One successful event that we had was a World Food Day fundraiser - where we were able to buy food and provide slippers to a large group of local children in need. Along with 
Hive account@fernwehninja, 
Hive account@itinerantph, 
Hive account@queenjventurer, 
Hive account@mikekenlytungal, 
Hive account@rfece143, it was a successful big event!
Hive account@sndbox : In the next 6 months of being in Sndbox and on Steemit, where do you see your work going?
Hive account@jassennessaj : My long term goal on Steemit is to become an influential curator. I want to help correct the imbalance of reward distribution of this platform. Curating and rewarding those undiscovered authors especially those who are still students, especially. I believe that there is a big potential for students and education on this platform, and that this is already the best social media environment for them.
Hive account@jassennessaj : Support our Steemit-Engineering Polo shirt! :D
A big thanks to Hive account@jassennessaj for the interview! (And to Hive account@steemph.cebu for the event images.) Make sure to follow both pages to learn more about the Jassenn's work as an engineering student and community building Cebu. (50% of the SBD earned from this post will go directly to Hive account@jassennessaj’s account to support his content.)
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