Play to Code: Using Games to Get Girls Excited About Tech

The Takeaway | Aug 25, 2015

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At the Colorado Innovation Network Summit, John Hockenberry got a chance to sit down with Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia, a toy designer, gamer, and former teacher.

She's also the founder and CEO of PlayWerks, a company that was originally designed to get girls excited about STEM through gaming.

She teaches girls how to code by taking a fully mobile “tech camp on a bus” into low income neighborhoods.

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