Subscribe for the Latest from Code the Dream News CTD LabsApr 1, 2025 Code the Dream and partners launch online tool to help North Carolina families find financial support in minutesCode the Dream, in partnership with national nonprofit MyFriendBen and NC 211, launched a benefits screener in North Carolina on April 1. MyFriendBen-NC is a one-stop online tool that helps North Carolinians find the benefits and tax credits they are likely eligible to receive. Programs include food assistance, health insurance, child care subsidies and more. […] 10-Year AnniversaryNov 15, 2024 Just Getting Started: 10th Anniversary Messages from Daisy, Dan, and RamiroIn 2014, Dan Rearick contacted Ramiro Rodriguez about offering a free introductory software programming course to people from underserved communities. For Dan, the initial idea sprang from working alongside recent immigrants and refugees and “seeing over and over again how hard somebody could work without getting an opportunity.” For Ramiro, who conceived the program with […] More NewsAll News Alumni SpotlightApr 2, 2025 Tandem Apprenticeship Provides Path to Tech Job for CTD AlumIn 2021, Amy Sandoval was working in property management and considering taking out student loans to go back to school. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, but she knew it had to be engaging and challenging. “I’d worked in restaurants, I’d worked in retail, I was a property admin,” she said. “Every job […] Organizational cultureMar 19, 2025 Why remote work works for usLike so many other organizations, the sudden lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic changed the structure of our operations practically overnight. A few years prior, we had started our gradual shift from a North Carolina-focused nonprofit operating out of the Research Triangle to a national organization operating fully remotely. Once COVID hit, that transformation accelerated. Five […] Black History MonthFeb 26, 2025 This Black History Month, meet some of the organizations bringing tech training to Black communitiesHappy Black History Month from Code the Dream! This February, as we honor past and present Black innovators, we also look to the future. At Code the Dream, our mission is to open doors to jobs in the technology sector for people from historically marginalized communities. And in African American communities, the disparity is striking: […] Alumni SpotlightDec 4, 2024 A Pharmacy Tech Finds Renewed Opportunity With a Global Leader in Data and AIIrene Sanchez was a pharmacy tech hoping to make a career change in 2019, whenshe heard about Code the Dream (CTD) from a friend who was taking CTD’s freeclasses. “I had developed an interest in technology and programming and I wanted to pursue anew career away from customer service,” Sanchez says. “I heard about the […] CTD LabsNov 25, 2024 Vamos Outreach App highlighted at National Farmworker Law ConferenceShaya Lyon and Kate Borgen represented Code the Dream and our Vamos Outreach App at the National Farmworker Law Conference November 13-15 in Atlanta. The experience, Lyon says, was inspiring and motivating. “It was great to hear Vamos partners talk about how using Vamos has helped their organizations plan and track their outreach visits to […] Volunteer of the MonthNov 14, 2024 Meet Oksana Feterovskaya, CTD’s Volunteer of the Month!CTD’s volunteers can serve as class mentors, lead small groups of students through our capstone practicum project, support apprentices in their career search, contribute to our curriculum, and serve in other areas as well. We could not do our work at this scale without them! Each month, we celebrate one volunteer who has made a […] Volunteer of the MonthSep 17, 2024 Meet Aipu Ameh, CTD’s Volunteer of the Month!Each month, we’re excited to celebrate one of the many volunteers who help make our program possible. Code the Dream’s volunteer of the month for September 2024 is Aipu Ameh, a freelance web developer at ABA Creations. Aipu volunteered as a mentor in our most recent Intro to Programming class. She is great at putting […] May 10, 2024 NC IDEA spotlights partnership with Code the DreamNorth Carolina-based economic development nonprofit NC IDEA highlighted their partnership with Code the Dream in a case study authored by CTD Co-Executive Director Daisy Magnus-Aryitey.