Coding with impact: training female tech talent from Latin America

coding_with_impact-c-laboratoria-news.jpg © Laboratoria Language English 21 March 2018“We want to train young women to make them talented and globally competitive software developers.” Meet Mariana Costa Checa, a young social entrepreneur from Peru. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Laboratoria, a company that has been training young women coding and software development skills in Latin America since 2014. Mariana will be attending Mobile Learning Week - UNESCO’s yearly flagship ICT in education event – taking place from 26 – 30 March 2018 in Paris.

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