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Trailer: Episode 5 with Mona Obedoza

Georgi Ker, Tereza Iofciu · Jul 17, 2024

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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!

Get to know 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.

Your hosts

Georgi Ker

Host

Entrepreuneur, community leader and designer. Fellow member and Director of PSF. Also serve in the D&I Workgroup and honored with the PSF Community Service Award in December 2020.

Tereza Iofciu

Host

Before data leadership coaching, she has worked for over 15 years in Data Science, Data Engineering, Product Management and training teams in such roles. She is the co-organizer of PyLadies Hamburg. She is part of the Python Software Foundation Code of Conduct and Diversity & Inclusion working groups. She has been awarded the Python Software Foundation 2021 Q1 community service award. She is also part of the DISC Steering Committee team and a Data Visualisation Ambassador for Observable.

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