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Ep. 61 - Brianna and Brianna's Mother (Brianna Fugate)
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Length:
91 minutes
Released:
Nov 9, 2015
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Podcast episode
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When she goes to events, she no longer writes her own name on her name tag. Instead, she writes “Brianna’s Mother”. Ronique, the proud single-mother of a coder talks to us about how she supports and advocates for her daughter, and what it’s been like to see her only child take advantage of the many tech opportunities she’s come by. Brianna tells us how she switched from being pre-med to computer science, and got over the intimidation of sitting next to kids who’d discovered coding long before she knew what programming was all about. She tells us her inspiring stories of working at the White House under US CTO Megan Smith, and coding alongside Googlers, all as a college undergrad. Show Links Square (sponsor) Flatiron School (sponsor) Red Hat (sponsor) Actualize (sponsor) Codeland 2019 Codeland Conf Spelman College Black Girls Code Kimberly Bryant Kaya Thomas The Pedagogy of the Oppressed Megan Smith
Released:
Nov 9, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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