Code the Dream hosted a community Twitter Chat as part of our Tech & Civic Engagement campaign. The series of questions and prompts led to an engaging conversation about the ways in which people use technology to connect with their local communities, their government, and the world around them. Here are a few of the
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Tech & Civic Engagement: Preview
How is technology used to create more engagement between citizens, their communities, and their government? For centuries, advancements in technology have changed the way we interact with other people and the world around us. Communication tools, from the printing press, to the telephone, to social media, have made it easier to create and disseminate information.
Outreach to Migrant Farmworkers?
Irene’s Story When Irene was a young teen, her family made the difficult journey from Mexico to the United States in search of work. For the next few years of her life, Irene lived with her family in single-room migrant farmworker housing. As a single mother with DACA, Irene came to Code the Dream looking
Coworking Day at The Frontier RTP
Last week, a collection of staff, apprentices, alumni and students came together for an in-person coworking session at The Frontier in Research Triangle Park. Our program went virtual during the pandemic like many folks around the country. We’ve adapted to building a strong online community but we still miss seeing our friends and colleagues in
Meet Sarah Buckingham, CTD’s Volunteer of the Month for July 2022
As a nonprofit tech organization, Code the Dream relies on software development volunteers to make our program a success. We are grateful to have dedicated volunteers who lead mentor sessions, assist with pair programming, review assignments, and much more. But some volunteers go above and beyond. We are excited to celebrate their contributions through our
Alumni Spotlight: Suheyla Cetin
Code the Dream student Suheyla Cetin started a new job as a software engineer with New York-based startup Array this summer, achieving a goal she has been working toward for two years. Cetin enrolled in Code the Dream in 2021 after relocating to the US from Turkey in 2015. She completed her master’s degree in
Meet Shanna Murry, CTD’s Volunteer of the Month for June 2022
At Code the Dream, we rely on dedicated volunteers to help us accomplish our mission of changing the face of the tech industry. We are especially thrilled when one of our graduates gives back by volunteering with our classes or projects. That is the story of our volunteer of the month, Shanna Murry, who finished
Volunteer of the Month, May 2022: Shane Steele-Pardue and Jonathan Johnson
At Code the Dream, we’re grateful to have a dedicated group of software developer volunteers who help make our work a success. Volunteers lead mentor sessions, review class assignments, work with our apprentices and students on real-world projects, and lead our weekly Skill-IT professional development sessions. Some of our volunteers go above and beyond. We’re
CTD Celebrates Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani
To celebrate Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we would like to highlight the work of Reshma Saujani. Saujani is of Gujarati Indian descent. She founded Girls Who Code in 2012 after learning about the vast gender disparities in computer science education while running for Congress. Saujani wrote a book entitled Brave, Not Perfect, and launched
Meet Jamie Bort, CTD’s Volunteer of the Month
At Code the Dream, we’re grateful to have a dedicated group of software developer volunteers who help make our work a success. Volunteers lead mentor sessions, review class assignments, work with our apprentices and students on real-world projects, and lead our weekly Skill-IT professional development sessions. Some of our volunteers go above and beyond, and
CTD Labs welcomes Denilson Velasquez
Code the Dream and CTD Labs are thrilled to welcome their newest full-time junior developer, Denilson Velasquez. A DACA recipient and native of Honduras, Denilson has lived in the US since he was very young – which is also when he started to develop a propensity for disassembling his toys, a development that he sees
CTD March 2022 Volunteer of the Month: Diana Liao
As a nonprofit tech organization, Code the Dream relies on software development volunteers to make our program a success. We are grateful for every single volunteer that works to support our students and apprentices in the many ways they show up: mentoring, leading workshops, reviewing assignments, pair programming, project coaching and more! But some go
App for Farmworkers Adds New Partner Thanks to Grant Funding
We are excited to welcome the Pennsylvania Farmworker Project of Philadelphia Legal Assistance to the Vamos app network of partners thanks to grant funding from the American Bar Endowment. Vamos is a mobile app that assists outreach workers in planning, finding, conducting, tracking and reporting on outreach visits to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Outreach staff
All-Women Developer Team Celebrates Success During Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month, but Code the Dream is celebrating an awesome team of present-day, all-women developers. CTD developers Andrea Hernandez-Guzman, Mariandrea Maldonado, and Rachel Frenkel, along with Katie Brey of the Hill Learning Center, have been hard at work bringing the interactive HillRAP to a growing group of students. Recently, three of the
Magnus-Aryitey speaks about “breaking the bias” at RTP event commemorating International Women’s Day
Code the Dream co-Executive Director Daisy Magnus-Aryitey took part in a panel discussion commemorating International Women’s Day at Boxyard RTP on March 9. Aryitey and the other panelists shared their experiences as women in the workplace, their efforts to bring positive change, and their vision of a more equitable future. Magnus-Aryitey said she is proud
CTD February 2022 Volunteer of the Month: Kon Ham
As a nonprofit tech organization, Code the Dream relies on software development volunteers to make our program a success. We are grateful for every single volunteer that works to support our students and apprentices in the many ways they show up: mentoring, leading workshops, reviewing assignments, pair programming, project coaching and more! But some go
From the newsletter: DECODED Winter 2022
“In Their Own Words”CTD Alumni thank our volunteers CTD volunteers, you were instrumental in my journey, not only in the technical aspects, but in learning how to learn, how to search, and also the soft skills, like how to prepare for an interview. Mentors were always there when I reached out, and you all offered
From the newsletter: DECODED Winter 2022
I’m Nick Santiago. I’m a proud veteran — I served for ten years in the US Marines. But after I left the Marines, I wasn’t sure what to do. I knew I was interested in tech, and I tried to teach myself — I bought books, I watched YouTube videos, I learned enough to build a game — nothing fancy, but I was proud of it. I went back to school to start learning Computer Science, and that’s where I heard about Code the Dream…. Read More →