Samantha Maas graduated with Full-time Web Development Cohort 42.

Prior to starting my journey in software development, I was working in the education field as an elementary teacher. I am grateful for the experiences that being a teacher gave me, including the ability to mentor students, being able to solve problems on the spot, and collaborating with a team to achieve goals. After relocating to Nashville and being introduced to the software community, I felt that software development was the perfect career path for me to continue using some of the skills important to teaching, while also using the new passion that I found I have for coding. I'm excited to continue on this path that guarantees opportunities to learn and to grow in my abilities every single day.