What happens when you invest in young women in tech? 🌱

ThroughThe Data Garden Project,Joanne Amarisa transforms everyday conversations into visual art, using creative coding to explore relationships, emotions, and community.

It all started with a simple but powerful idea. Joanne documented a month’s worth of WhatsApp conversations with her mother and turned them into a digital garden. The result? A stunning reminder that data isn’t just numbers – it’s a storytelling tool.

But beyond the code, this project is about something bigger: when you uplift one woman, she brings others with her.

Joanne joins Billy Adison Aditijanto onThe Perantau Podcast to talk about how data, creativity, and community come together to empower young women in tech. While anyone can learn to code, what truly matters is how you use it—whether it’s through stitching, drawing, or writing, it’s all about making sense of the world in your own way.

This episode is predominantly delivered in English. A transcript is available online.

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Chapters:

Intro (0:00)

Getting to Know Joanne (00:56)

From student to full-time work (2:50)

How a coding class during lockdown led to DGP (9:12)

Bringing an idea to life (16:03)

Does being Indonesian shape Jo's approach? (23:13)

Lessons from building & sustaining communities (27:33)

"Humans are data processing tools too" (31:30)