When You Are Grown and in Charge

To the men who have asked me to be on their team at hackathons. To the men who sat next to me in class and struck up a conversation, and to those who have invited me to study sessions. To those who do not question my abilities because of my gender, my race.

Code Brooklyn

Computer science education is important. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in this field will grow by 22 percent from 2012–2022. Not only is it critical to ensure that our students are prepared to compete for those jobs, it is paramount to train their minds with the quantitative and…

The future is ours

Dear Women In Computer Science,

Unlike most people in computer science, I didn’t write my first line of code until my junior year.

I put so many efforts to catch up. It took me a while to understand what does “this” keyword actually refer to…

A Note

Dear fellow member of the fairer sex,

First of all, I would like to congratulate you for your guts to take up a field that is predominately occupied by males. My advice to you is, do not get intimidated by the people around you. If you don’t understand copy constructors, that’s okay. But…

Comunidades para desarrolladores

Una de las cosas que más me entusiasman hoy en día son las comunidades de desarrolladores que están surgiendo en Perú. El acceso a internet permite que estas comunidades crezcan, se fortalezcan y se expandan.