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Young black and Latina girls now have a better chance of becoming computer programmers.
Google is expected to donate $190,000 to the Black Girls Code initiative, which empower young women of color ages 7-17 to embrace the current tech marketplace as builders and creators, thus diversifying the “white, male-dominated tech industry,” New York Daily News reports.
The grant enables a bilingual session at Google’s headquarters to teach 75 black and Latina teens how to build a mobile app in one day.
“Our goal is to change the face of technology by showing the world that girls of color can code and do so much more,” said Kimberly Bryant, founder of the nonprofit with seven chapters across the country and one in South Africa, according to New York Daily News.
Read more about Black Girls Code here.
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