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Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Spotlight
May 28, 2026
CTD’s free classes and apprenticeship helped Marice Romero find the career she wanted
Romero says her time at CTD gave her the technical knowledge any aspiring coder needs. Beyond that, though, she says she learned valuable lessons that translate directly into the tech workplace.
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Alumni Spotlight
Dec 4, 2024
A Pharmacy Tech Finds Renewed Opportunity With a Global Leader in Data and AI
Irene 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 […]
Alumni Spotlight
Nov 7, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Chastity Benton
When working in a lab for a pharmaceutical company started to feel like it was the wrong professional course, Chastity Benton changed direction. She had some knowledge of coding and enrolled with G{Code} House, an organization whose mission — bridging the gap in opportunities for underrepresented communities in the tech industry — dovetails with Code […]
<div class="ctd-news-title">Alumni Spotlight: Chastity Benton</div>
Marice Romero

CTD’s free classes and apprenticeship helped Marice Romero find the career she wanted

May 28, 2026
Romero says her time at CTD gave her the technical knowledge any aspiring coder needs. Beyond that, though, she says she learned valuable lessons that translate directly into the tech workplace.

CTD’s free classes and apprenticeship helped Marice Romero find the career she wanted

by Forrest Norman

Marice Romero

Romero says her time at CTD gave her the technical knowledge any aspiring coder needs. Beyond that, though, she says she learned valuable lessons that translate directly into the tech workplace.

A Pharmacy Tech Finds Renewed Opportunity With a Global Leader in Data and AI

Dec 4, 2024
Irene 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 […]

A Pharmacy Tech Finds Renewed Opportunity With a Global Leader in Data and AI

by Alex Rodriguez

Irene 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 […]

Chastity Benton

Alumni Spotlight: Chastity Benton

Nov 7, 2024
When working in a lab for a pharmaceutical company started to feel like it was the wrong professional course, Chastity Benton changed direction. She had some knowledge of coding and enrolled with G{Code} House, an organization whose mission — bridging the gap in opportunities for underrepresented communities in the tech industry — dovetails with Code […]

Alumni Spotlight: Chastity Benton

by Alex Rodriguez

Chastity Benton

When working in a lab for a pharmaceutical company started to feel like it was the wrong professional course, Chastity Benton changed direction. She had some knowledge of coding and enrolled with G{Code} House, an organization whose mission — bridging the gap in opportunities for underrepresented communities in the tech industry — dovetails with Code […]