Itzel Martinez, Senior Software Engineer at Pandora and Founder of the Latinas Engineering Leadership Program, shares an authentic account of her journey into Software Development and how she turned adversity into opportunity.

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As a first-generation college student, Itzel shares the challenges she encountered while attending college for computer science as a Latina, and the difficulty of navigating the competitive field of technology. Itzel inspires us to not give up when things get hard, that hard work gets you a long way and to always seek opportunities to help others.

This is part one of the series with Itzel. Subscribe for part two, where she will share her experience entering into the workforce, her tips to succeed and overcoming the new challenges one might face when starting their first role as a software developer.


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