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Meet our next Adie in Cohort 12, Caroline.  Caroline had enjoyed her previous career as a pharmacist, however, due to a pharmacy-specific workplace injury, she was forced to take a hiatus and re-evaluate her true passions in life.  One day, after plowing through a children’s book on programming, Caroline started dabbling in Python, and realized that this is not just a new hobby or career option… she may have found her ikigai (Caroline had to google that term, and it made everything…

Continuing our awesome lineup of new Cohort 12 Adies is Angele. With a background in Chemistry, Angele knew she had a heart for the Sciences, but her creativity and passion for teamwork and collaboration always seemed hindered by working in a limiting chemistry lab. Motivated to find an environment that better suited her passions, Angele began attending networking events where she was introduced to several software engineers, who sparked her interest in the world of coding. While taking free online…

Meet our next Cohort 12 Adie: Yitgop. Motivated by her passion for global advocacy, Yitgop moved from China to the United States to study international and public affairs. Through her work with government entities and nonprofits, she began seeing technology as a growing opportunity to create greater social impact for marginalized communities. Yitgop began taking online classes in coding to supplement her policy work and fell in love with the world of software engineering.  After further experiencing the real-world impact of…

Our next new Adie in Cohort 12 is Dianna. Dianna’s passion for programming began at an early age, when her interest in video games shifted from just playing them for fun, to wondering how they were built and how she could make her own. Unfortunately, like many young girls, Dianna was unable to find role models in the industry she identified with, and ended up pursuing other interests. Always the “tech savvy” one amongst her coworkers, she began working through…

Morgan joins Ada’s Cohort 12 after spending several years on scholarship teaching English to students first in Spain, then in Mexico as a way to connect further to her Mexican-American roots.Her experience abroad introduced her to many new friends, including several digital nomads working in the tech industry. Her passion for coding, which began as a hobby, exploring free programming resources online in her spare time, was rekindled through these conversations, and motivated her  to seek out a community where she…