Palm Desert Teen Wins Scholarship For Software Engineering Course

The following is a press release by The Flatiron School

Amanda Southworth from Palm Desert, won a spot in the Flatiron School’s Pre-College Academy to learn coding for two weeks this summer. Her application video is posted.

International supermodel, Karlie Kloss and the Flatiron School, one of that nation’s most elite academies for web and mobile development, announced the winners of the Kode With Karlie Scholarship today. The scholarship awards teenage girls ages 13 to 18 free tuition to Flatiron School’s Introduction to Software Engineering course, a part of its Pre-College Academy for teens.

For a full list of winners visit here.

“I was truly inspired by all the applicants for the Kode With Karlie scholarship,” said Karlie Kloss. “Their depth, creativity and thoughtfulness is a testament to how these young women will change the world through code. It was incredibly difficult to select the recipients, as there were so many qualified and incredible candidates.”

The winners will be enrolled in the Flatiron School’s Pre-College Academy’s two-week summer coding class. The young women will learn similar curriculum that Karlie and other adult Flatiron School students study including, HTML, CSS and Ruby. Noted for launching adult graduate careers at companies such as Google, Microsoft, Boeing and Esty, the Flatiron School gives high school students the opportunity to learn the same set of skills as their older counterparts to build real web applications.

“Karlie is the perfect example of the changing landscape in the tech industry by breaking the archetype of the traditional programmer,” said Avi Flombaum, Dean at the Flatiron School. “We’ve been able to watch her grow as a coder and that passion is contagious. As a result, her scholarship will positively impact the lives and careers of many girls.”

The Flatiron School’s Pre-College Academy is available to teens across the country with locations not only in New York City, but also in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Austin. All sessions are two weeks long and run Monday through Friday from 9:00am until 3:00pm.

To register for the program visit: https://precollege.flatironschool.com/summer-2015/.

About The Flatiron School:

Over the past two years, The Flatiron School has prepared nearly 350 adults to build web and mobile applications in just twelve weeks. Most students began the program with little technical background and quickly became market-ready developers. The Flatiron School’s Pre-College Academy is designed to show motivated high school students that programming is more than the mechanics of writing code. It is a collaborative, creative endeavor that can help them do whatever it is they love.

For more information about The Flatiron School please visit: www.FlatironSchool.com.