EP 89 May 23, 2016

Mobile Developer Kaya Thomas

Kaya Thomas has done a lot in a short period of time, like meet Michelle Obama and develop a mobile app. She talks about how she’s managed to be so successful while still a college student and her process for learning new coding skills so quickly.

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Kaya Thomas

CS Student Dartmouth College

Kaya Thomas is a junior at Dartmouth College where she is majoring in Computer Science. In August 2014, she launched her own iOS application called We Read Too. We Read Too is a book resource application that showcases a directory of hundreds children's and young adult books written by authors of color. We Read Too has now grown to over 600 books and over 5,000 user downloads.

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Kaya Thomas has done a lot in a short period of time. She’s met first lady Michelle Obama, she’s a mobile app developer, and she was selected as Glamour’s Top Ten College Women of the Year. She talks about how she’s managed to be so successful while still a college student, the role of luck and hard work, and her process for learning new coding skills so quickly.

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