“Even Though I grew up in Silicon Valley, It never crossed my mind that computer science was something for me. I ride the same bus as the people who work in tech, but when the bus stops, they go one way and I got the other. Tech seemed like a completely different world that didn’t relate to me at all. When Marissa spoke about computer science in our Avid class something made me want to give it a try. I figured it couldn’t hurt.
Things changed when I started Empoder. The way we learned made sense to me and things started to click. I slowly started to love it and pretty soon I couldn’t put down my computer as I was so caught up and fascinated by the website I was building.
If it wasn’t for Empoder I never would have gone into Computer Science in college. I just finished the Google Software Product Sprint program and this summer I’m off to NYC as a technology analyst intern for Goldman Sachs. Empoder has truly changed the trajectory of my life and future.”
~ Mary Mendoza
Empoder Latinas Code Alumna
