Who We Are
We're a team of students from around the country passionate about computer science and equality. We created CodeHers Collective in the spring of 2020 to help inspire and encourage girls to pursue coding.
About Our Team
Our team is composed of students from different backgrounds, identities, ages, and geographical areas. The mission of our initiative is to enable girls and other underrepresented groups to envision themselves in computer science — and that starts with ensuring that our students are able to see people like them teaching and organizing our classes.
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Meet Our Team
Christine Ao
Christine is a rising junior at Peachtree Ridge High School. As the vice president of Mu Alpha Theta and Girls Who Code at her school and a creative designer for Reinvented Magazine, Christine is passionate about encouraging other girls to pursue STEM. When she’s not learning or teaching coding, Christine can be found upcycling bucket hats out of old jeans, baking banana bread, and painting over her walls.
Alice Ao
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Alice Ao is an incoming first-year at Yale University in New Haven, CT. She’s spent the past few years working to bridge the gender gap in STEM, and she’s been recognized for her work as a U.S. Presidential Scholar, SWENext Global Innovator, and NCWIT Affiliate Award Winner. Her favorite pastimes include reading novels, watching cheesy rom coms, and pestering her younger siblings.
Maika Hirata
Maika is a rising sophomore and enjoys playing video games, programming, baking, and drawing. Her favorite food is udon, a type of Japanese noodles, and her favorite drink is bubble tea. She is involved with multiple extracurriculars in and out of school, including Girls Who Code, FIRST Robotics, and Japanese Language School.
Katie Wang
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Katie is a rising sophomore at Peachtree Ridge High School. She’s been learning coding since 8th grade along with her friends. She’s most familiar with Java, but she has experience with Python and HTML/CSS. In her free time, she loves watching cafe vlogs and looking at yummy desserts!
Shivani Desai
Shivani is a rising senior at Peachtree Ridge High School. She enjoys spreading STEM with the Society of Women Engineers and Girls Who Code. She’s the Student Council President, a competitive debater, and host/CEO of the annual Taste of Gwinnett. Her favorite hobbies include learning new languages and watching new HBO shows (especially Game of Thrones).
Jade Li
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Jade is a rising senior at Dublin High School in the Bay Area. Aside from coding, she enjoys spending time with her bunny and rewatching sitcoms. Jade is also a member of the Dublin High Cross Country team and Science Olympiad club.
Sarah Shen
Sarah is a rising freshman at Columbia University in the City of New York. Over the span of her high school career, Sarah promoted the establishment of a strong STEM presence in her community as captain of her school's nationally-ranked Science Olympiad team, founder of the Physics Club, and president of the Science National Honor Society chapter. Other than coding, her interests include playing violin, drawing, and running.
Abigayle Peterson
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Abigayle is an incoming freshman at Western Washington University in the honors college and CS/M program funded by the National Science Foundation. She plans to major in computer science with a focus in AI for social good. Besides coding, she is a passionate writer, mental health advocate, and coffee enthusiast. Through tutoring others and leadership, Abigayle is always ecstatic to make a difference in her community.
Jane Yoo
Jane is a rising sophomore at Peachtree Ridge High School. She picked up coding last summer and learned a lot through her school’s Girls Who Code club! In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, or drawing (and pulling out her hair over science). People often tell her that she has an odd resting face, but feel free to say hi! Chances are, she’s in a good mood, just with the wrong facial muscles to express it. :D
Eric Liu
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Eric is a rising senior at the Keystone School of San Antonio, TX, and Stanford Online High School. He is the president and founder of his school’s math club and debate club. Recently, he was named a Wharton LEAD scholar and tutors math at local public libraries. When he isn’t researching equities or doing math, he can be found fishing or learning about new disciplines.
Liberty Gladden
Liberty is a dual high school and college student with a passion for all things STEAM. She has served within her communities by educating many different crowds on different STEAM subjects. Additionally, she has served as a team member on two competitive robotics teams, holding the position of lead programmer on one. Pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Business, Liberty is both a determined student and a passionate educator, to not only the next generation but all who are curious about the wonderful world of STEAM.
Rossy Dang
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Rossy Dang is a rising senior at Discovery High School who plans to major in computer science. He’s a member of Ignite Robotics, a Cisco extern, and a captain in the Discovery High School JROTC battalion. Last year, he volunteered at the first annual Geekspace Girls Summer Coding Camp, and he’s continued helping ever since. When he isn’t reading up about computers, he’s either sleeping, playing with a yo-yo, or surfing the internet. While his room is cluttered, his desktop is neatly organized.
Mohamed Sufi
Mohamed is currently a senior at Peachtree Ridge High School. Apart from programming, he loves playing ultimate frisbee and sleeping with the occasional Netflix thrown into the mix. He plans to go to med school and hopefully become a pediatric anesthesiologist in the future.
William Ao
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Bill will be attending Princeton University this fall concentrating in Computer Science. He has always been interested in math, but he's become passionate about the applications of math through computer science and economics. Outside of academics, he loves to play tennis, piano, and hang out with the boys.
Daylia Lian
Daylia is a rising freshman at Johns Creek High School in Atlanta, GA. As a member of her school’s HOSA and Science Olympiad clubs, she’s pursued her interest in the science field. She was elected as a representative for Fulton County in the Georgia Superintendent Student Advisory Council. When she is not learning coding languages, she likes to bake, play with her brothers, and watch Chinese dramas.
Christie Kwon
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Christie is a rising sophomore at Peachtree Ridge High School. She is currently learning how to code and is an officer for her high school’s TSA chapter. She has also had past experience teaching children math and language arts. She enjoys social interactions and making new friends, along with learning how to do new tasks!
Cherry Chung
Cherry is a current rising junior who has taken an interest to coding over the past few months. She likes to sing, play video games, and listen to music in her free time. She always tries to maintain a positive attitude! Cherry is hopeful about this upcoming school year despite the recent events of corona.
Sherry Long
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Sherry Long is a rising sophomore attending Amador Valley High School in California. For over eight years, she has trained as a figure skater and competes nationally as a member of a synchronized skating team. Aside form skating, she aims to involve herself in computer science. With CodeHers Collective, Sherry strives to expand her skillset and promote coding to other young aspiring programmers.
About Our Organization
CodeHers Collective is a student-led organization. We believe that education should be accessible — and that's why we're committed to providing free quality introductions to computer science for all students.
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We create and utilize open-source content in order to teach students the basics of computer science. Our goal is to allow our students to explore different fields of computer science — web development, game development, app creation — and create their own projects from scratch. We're working to instill a love of coding in them and empower them to continue their computer science journeys beyond just the classes we teach.