Rebecca Garcia (computer programmer)
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Rebecca Garcia is an American computer programmer from New York City, who co-founded CoderDojo NYC, a network of programming clubs for young people in Long Island, New York.[1][2]
Garcia worked as a developer at Do Something, a US-based non-profit youth organization for social change. She was later the chief technical officer of Greatist, a health fitness and wellness media startup, where she was an advocate for Girls Who Code and Iridescent. Garcia currently works as the program manager for Microsoft's Tech Jobs Academy, where she works to help underrepresented New Yorkers get into the information technology field.[3]
In 2013 Garcia received a White House Champion of Change award for Tech Inclusion.[4] in 2016 she was named as Hispanicize's STEM Star.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "About". CoderDojo NYC. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Rebecca Garcia's Code for Social Change". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Rebecca Garcia's Code for Social Change". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "Champions of Change - Rebecca Garcia". The White House. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ "Diversity Woman | Rebecca Garcia". www.diversitywoman.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
External links[edit]
- "NYC Geekette of the Month: Rebecca Garcia". Geekettes. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- "About". GeekGirlWeb. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- "Rebecca Garcia Bio". generalassemb.ly. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
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