Hey friends, I'm thrilled to share a major milestone in my coding journey – This afternoon, I received an email stating that I'm one of the 17,000 applicants selected for Phase 1 of the Udacity Next Generation Tech Booster Scholarship sponsored by Bertelsmann for the AI Programming with Python Nanodegree program! Read more about why I applied for the scholarship Read more about my Phase 1 acceptance
Hey, coding pals! Welcome to my coding blog. Here, I'll be chronicling my journey and spilling the beans on what I learn as I dive back into the ever-evolving world of coding. Get ready for the highs, the lows, and the nerdy in-betweens as I share my coding adventures with you. How I Started My Coding Journey... When I was in high school at University Preparatory High School (UPREP) in Detroit, I caught the coding bug thanks to an internship in my sophomore year with The Urban Artist Collective through Vanguard Community Development Corporation. At the age of 14, I learned the basics of HTML and CSS using only the Notepad app on a Windows computer, along with learning to use Adobe Photoshop. I soon found myself designing and coding up a storm and loving every minute of it. As students at UPREP, we had to complete a Senior These Project to graduate. For this project, once we entered our junior year, which was called Senior Institute, we spent the year planning and researching our d