Mentors in Tech (MinT)

Excited to be part of an NSF grant with CodeDay that will help overlooked and underserved 4-year Community College CS students launch their careers in AI. Amazingly, the grant includes stipends to help our majority non-traditional students allocate time and focus to land their first tech job. Thank you to proposal supporters: Community College Baccalaureate Association, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, WA Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board, WTIA, Green River College Data & Software Programs, and Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

This is one of over 700 amazing mentor/student stories as MinT enters year 5 helping overlooked and underserved CS students launch their careers. We're so inspired by Katherine's career transformation from nursing assistant to Costco IT software engineer, with help from MinT mentors Marianne G., Christy Henriksson, Jacquie Howard, and Jonathan Raflowski. You can uplift more students like Kat by partnering with us to recruit our students, become a mentor, or sponsor a capstone project. Thank you Strada Education Foundation and Beau Boice for your steadfast support and appreciation for the partnerships that make stories like this possible, and thank you Green River College faculty and administrators Kendrick Hang, Tyler Schrock, Roseann Berg, Matthew Swenson, Andy O., and CodeDay for being amazing partners with us on this important work. https://lnkd.in/gJM4NN-C #newjob #mentorship #mentoringprogram #mentoringmatters #educationalgrant Costco Wholesale

Great hearing from Mariya Mokrynska and all of the Mentors in Tech (MinT) students who attended the CascadiaJS conference last week in Seattle! Industry events open doors for overlooked and underserved CS students to discover career opportunities and build their networks. Many thanks to MinT partner CodeDay and the CascadiaJS team for making it feasible for students to attend, and to Mariya's mentors Heather Monatt (Costco IT) and Mekhala Vithala (Target, Playground Engineer) for their support in the 2023-2024 school year! Tyler Menezes Lake Washington Institute of Technology Marcelo Guerra Hahn #conference #techconference #newgrad #mentorship #mentoringmatters #mentoringprogram

Shout out to Yen T. who is a software development intern at The Residency this summer! After a great experience contributing to OSS with CodeDay this year, we're excited for you to continue to learn and grow in this internship. Congrats on your graduation from North Seattle College, and high five to Yen's MinT mentors Ling H (Microsoft), Shivani Vyas (Microsoft), Dani Meyer (GitHub), and Chill Yi-I Chiu (Google)! Tyler Menezes Steve Balo #startup #incubator #graduation2024 #internship #internship2024 #opensourcesoftware #oss #mentorship #mentoringmatters #mentoringprogram

Huge congratulations to Jared Scarr on his Software Engineer internship at Graphium Health! Jared is super busy this month between graduating from North Seattle College and having his work recognized by MinT partner CodeDay for "Best Student Open-Source Contributions." High five to Jared and past MinT mentors Beau J. B. (Snowflake) and Abhi Vaishnav (Rivian)! Tyler Menezes Steve Balo Seattle Colleges #softwareengineering #internship2024 #intern2024 #newjob #opensourcesoftware #OSS #mentorship #mentoringmatters #mentoringprogram

Congratulations to MinT alum Alisa Llavore on being promoted to Platform Engineer 2 at Costco IT! Alisa was in MinT's inaugural class and partnered with mentors Mark F Flores (WHOOP) and Jesse Carnathan (Google). It's super exciting to see MinT grads launch their tech careers and continue to shine! Green River College Green River College Data & Software Programs Costco Wholesale Ian Duggan #promotion #newjob #platformengineer #mentorship #mentoringmatters #mentoringprogram

High five to Ryder Dettloff on landing a Data Collection and Analyst internship this summer with Sound Transit! Ryder joined MinT last fall as a Green River College student and has found success with veteran mentor Kevin Jones (Jones Software Corporation) and MinT alum turned mentor Jonathan Warner (Netflix). Congrats to this team and we can't wait to hear about Ryder's experience! Green River College Data & Software Programs Kendrick Hang #internship2024 #newjob #mentorship #mentoringmatters #mentoringprogram #summerinternship #careertransition

Last month Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Nancy Roe and MinT mentor David McKinnon joined MinT students from Green River College, Bellevue College, North Seattle College, and Per Scholas to talk about Fall 2024 internships at the MinT "Meet the Employer" sessions to help students learn about tech jobs that leverage students' unique skills and lived experiences, and get firsthand advice for the recruiting process. Nancy's January session led to Green River College Data & Software Programs students Robert Smith and Toby Goetz accepting PNNL summer internships, and we can't wait to hear about their experiences! Bellevue - Cultural and Economic Development Green River College #internshipprogram #interns2024 #summerintern2024 #fallinterns2024 #mentorship #mentoringprogram #mentoringmatters #nationallabs #stemcareers

Many congratulations to the two Bellevue College students joining the Preparing Autistic Students for the AI Workforce program! Your commitment to completing your degree, working with your mentors, and leveraging your unique strengths has led you to this innovative program. Thank you, your mentors, BC faculty and staff, and the PAS4AI team for this partnership! Bellevue College Computer Science Sara Farag Bellevue - Cultural and Economic Development National Science Foundation (NSF) Andrew Begel (Carnegie Mellon University) Lisa Felberg (Square) Navya Prakash (Microsoft) Emily Teng (Atlassian) Emily Cho (Uber) #autism #autismhiringprogram #autistic #accessibility #aicareers #computerscience #pas4ai #summerinternship #intern2024 #mentorship #mentoringmatters #mentoringprogram

Today we want to highlight the *6* students from Green River College who will enter the Preparing Autistic Students for the AI Workforce program this summer! We appreciate these students' efforts to research and submit strong applications, and their partnership with GRC faculty and MinT mentors. Thank you mentors for your commitment to mentorship, and great work students! Green River College Data & Software Programs National Science Foundation (NSF) Andrew Begel (Carnegie Mellon University) Kendrick Hang Ryan Hendrickson (SiteCrafting) Katherine Priore (Avalon Risk Management) Juhi Singh (AT&T) Charles Parker (Diamond Kinetics) Matt Gosline Alex Lam (Riot Games) Paul Youm (BlackSky) Robert Wood Jr (General Motors) Ezhilarasan (Ez) Natarajan (CoreStack) Jonathan Raflowski #autism #autismhiringprogram #autistic #accessibility #aicareers #computerscience #pas4ai #summerinternship #intern2024 #mentorship #mentoringmatters #mentoringprogram