Our guest on the podcast has a remarkable story.

Madelyn Tavarez did a part-time bootcamp, while holding a full-time job.

She taught herself how to code.

And became a software engineer at Pinterest now building products for hundreds of millions of people.

She is also a Dominican Republic-native who grew up in Washington Heights and due to her own drive and curiosity was able to change her circumstance.

Her senior year of college she went from being a bartender to an “eat, pray, love” moment which took her to Italy. Which eventually played a big role in Madelyn deciding to teach herself how to code.

Fast-forward to today, she works as an Android engineer at Pinterest. She also continues to get actively involved in different community projects, including the TECHNOLOchicas among others.