Consider this: if you’re a gal who lives for the latest apps, can’t get enough of youtube, and you’re seriously savvy in digital, you could be a part of creating the next best internet sensation!
No matter your passion: beauty & fashion, sports, giving back to your community, technology has the power to bring you closer together to the things you care about most. Taking online courses is a way to empower yourself.
To help us get inspired, our friends at Girls Who Code have assembled a team of bright and stylish champions: girls just like you! With their latest series, “I Am A Girl Who Codes,” Girls Who Code will introduce inspiring teens who have learned to code, and allow them to share their stories.
Meet art-and-technology lover, Tai Cruz, 17, who describes herself as creative, open-minded and avant-garde.
“Growing up, the idea of a woman – especially one who is half Black, half Hispanic – going into the technology field was unheard of.I believe that anyone can learn to code even if you don’t like math or science and you like art (like me). I learned that I can use my love of art with computer science!†– Tai Cruz
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