Finding Diversity, Tales From a Founder who Stopped Fitting in and Found Purpose.

It was the late 90's and this self-ascribed one-room school teacher saw the opportunity to teach inner-city young adults programming when most workforce organizations were focused on the digital divid …

It was the late 90’s and this self-ascribed one-room school teacher saw the opportunity to teach inner-city young adults programming when most workforce organizations were focused on the digital divide and computer repair. Sandee saw that IT was inherently about solving problems and building solutions and asked the question, “what if we taught programming and soultions building AND leadership developement in the same frame. The outcome was the first technology and leadership bootcamp in Chicago. Today i.c.stars is in 3 cities and continues its growth trajectory of developing technology and community leaders from a diversity launchpad.