Meet Mona Obedoza, one of the Hidden Figures of Python.
Mona is a Filipino high schooler and aspiring AI engineer.
She advocates teaching kids how to code through her roles as 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.
Hosts: @georgically & @terezaif
Some of the topics we covered:
• Learning to code after kindergarten.
• Using Python for data science, AI, teaching workshops to kids.
• Speaking at Python Philippines at 10 years old
• Project TEDDY: Text-Based Early Distress Detector for Youth
You can find the Show here:
Youtube
https://youtu.be/SDipvSE21Es?si=vsYIKyJ76CcOaiuL Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qNsgP4botKReqpekkuUJg?si=cab61d43c40e427a Apple Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hidden-figures-of-python-podcast/id1720808525 Website
https://pypodcats.live/episodes/ep-5/
@pypodcats It's out now! Meet Mona Obedoza, a young Pythonista from @pythonph@twtr.plus.PH.
Love her projects and the names!
Project TEDDY: Text-Based Early Distress Detector for Youth
- helps school counselors detect students with possible mental health issues through written essays
Project Mochii BALL: Basic Algorithm Learning Language
- help counter limited IT resources and support kids learn to code in underserved communities.
Have a listen . You'll be inspired too!