Rebecca Garcia (computer programmer)

Rebecca Garcia, a young girl from New York who at only 14 years old began coding and turned it into something positive is thriving in a male dominated field and couldn't be more gifted with her work. As a co founder of CoderDjojo in Long Island, NY she is usually Spending her time helping youth learn and become more educated with talents they may have never known they possess. Rebecca Garcia has had many articles written about her, one titled "Rebecca Garcia's code for social change" which discusses how she helps underprivileged and minority youths ages seven to seventeen code. Garcia is continuing to strive for greatness as an activist and advocate for STEM education and has many great things in store for her future.

Biography

Rebecca Garcia was born in Long Island, NY from Hispanic and Asian parents in 1991, she is a first generation American with the descent of Filipino, Mexican, and Japanese. Her parents taught her to value her eduction as well as giving back.

Education

The college or university that Garcia attended is not listed although she started as a law student. Law was not Garcia's first choice but because thats what her parents saw fit, so she did it to please them. After realizing that law was not her passion she dropped out of college and began exploring and working. Garcia did not return to school, but instead saw that working various jobs was her education and taught her things in a more hands on way.

Career and Work

Garcia has worked in many different companies throughout her career. She was once a developer at Do Something and CTO of Greatist which is a health fitness and wellness media startup. this is where she really learned to implement her web development skills by helping her advocate for Girls Who Code and Iridescent. Learning to use her web development skills for good really made a difference in her connecting her with people around the world through numerous types of technology