When Shen Zhou moved to Canada from China just five years ago, he was unable to speak or read English, requiring a translator to communicate with his classmates. Determined to succeed and honour his parents' memory, he spent 10 hours a day practising English that first year. Now, he's graduating at the top of his class.
Zhou's passion for computers was ignited when he was a boy growing up in a small town in China.
"From a young age, I was fascinated by technology and how it transformed my way of living," he says. "I still remember the first time I saw a smartphone and how the voice assistant answered my childish questions, how it solved the math problem I had been stuck on for hours. These early experiences inspired me to study computers."
