Trailer: Episode 5 with Mona Obedoza

Trailer: Episode 5 with Mona Obedoza
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00:00 Do you also have a special affinity towards dinosaurs?
00:03 Actually I am very scared of
00:05 dinosaurs I refused to watch
00:06 dinosaur movies it scares me a lot
00:14 I started learning how to code around the
00:16 time I graduated from kinder I was maybe around five years old
00:19 Being young also makes it easier for me
00:21 to talk to kids I guess especially when I
00:23 teach workshops and when I hold hackathons
00:25 I guess it helps me relate to them more and
00:27 come up with activities that they would
00:28 find fun Being young is
00:29 kind of inspires them if I can do all of
00:32 these things then so can they I guess
00:33 when people have mental health concerns it's
00:35 always really challenging to try and reach out
00:37 to the appropriate support and so with TEDDY I hope to
00:39 make it so that it's easier for counselors
00:41 to figure out which students to reach out and to help
00:43 Instead of using a computer to write their code
00:45 Each student is given a piece of paper where they
00:47 can write down their program basically and then
00:49 after that the teacher will just scan it and upload it
00:51 onto one computer and
00:53 run it and that way students will be able
00:54 to see it come to life on the digital
00:55 screens it's not the case that you need
00:57 like 40 computers for one classroom you
00:58 actually only need one you're making it
01:00 more accessible through public schools and
01:02 rural communities
01:02 Hello everyone my name is
01:04 Mona Obedoza I am a tenth grader and I'm
01:06 calling in from the Philippines I'm really
01:08 passionate about coding and I advocate
01:10 teaching kids how to code at an early age
01:12 and to this end I'm also a student
01:14 ambassador for Women in AI. I'm the co-leader of
01:16 the Girls can Code club at my school and
01:18 I'm the founder of the Purposeful Mochii
01:20 a local organization that hosts hackathons
01:22 and workshops for kids to get started
01:23 with coding

Sneak Peek of our chat with Mona Obedoza, hosted by Georgi Ker and Tereza Iofciu.

Learn about Mona’s journey. She started learning to code at five years old by making video games using Scratch and Python. Even though Mona is still in high school, she is already a frequent public speaker at Python and tech conferences, and is inspiring other kids to code.

Full episode is coming on July 24, 2024! Subscribe to our podcast now!

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Mona Obedoza

Mona Obedoza

Mona Obedoza is a Filipino high schooler and aspiring AI engineer who advocates teaching kids how to code through her roles as a student ambassador for Women in AI PH, co-leader of her school's Girls Can Code club, and founder of The Purposeful Mochii. In her free time, she enjoys watching anime, reading manga and fantasy novels, and baking cookies.

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