By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Aiming to solve a diversity problem in Silicon Valley, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation is training the next generation of Latino coders — and teaching them to teach others. “The thought that the tech industry…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunder: Teaching girls in Colombia how to code
May 28, 2015, 1:23 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Rails Girls Bogotá for the First time Rails Girls arrives in Bogotá for the first time. The free class will teach how to design, prototype and code using Ruby on Rails. The two-day session happening in…
By Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired Operation Code is a Portland, Oregon-based organization working to enable more veterans to learn to code and work in the tech industry. The organization is the brainchild of veteran David Molina, who is…
Local News, West, zNew Headline
Teens Dream of Google And Learn to Code For Free
Mar 20, 2014, 11:46 AM 0
By Jasmin Koerber Mission Local It’s the first coding course 17-year-old-high school student Robyn has taken, but he already knows where he belongs. “My dream employer? Well, I’d have to say Google.” Robyn, two peers and a professional programmer,…
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Grooming Latin America’s children to be the computer coders of mañana
Oct 15, 2013, 2:59 PM 0
LatinaLista — There’s a movement in Latin America to groom the next generation of computer coders that combines creating art with basic programming, lead by — a turtle! It’s called TurtleArt (TortugArte). TurtleArt is a platform focused on teaching…
Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired Sabio is an organization that aims to help unemployed women and minorities become tech workers through an intensive boot camp and targeted networking with tech professionals. Currently the group is competing in the LA2050…
