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A 12-year-old app developer

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Thomas Suarez |

TEDxManhattanBeach

• October 2011

Most 12-year-olds love playing videogames -- but Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like "Bustin Jeiber," a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids become developers.

Most 12-year-olds love playing videogames -- but Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like "Bustin Jeiber," a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids become developers.

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Thomas Suarez

Developer, 12 year old

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Thomas Suarez, a 12 year old, taught himself to build iphone apps.

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