Rene's Story
Bringing people together through code: Rene's story as a GDSC Lead in Seattle, Washington
Meet Rene Capella, Google Developer Student Club Lead in Seattle, Washington. After exploring how to create a website as a stay-at-home mother, Rene was instantly fascinated to learn more about web development. She has been a developer since 2015 and founded a Google Developer Student Club at her local community college to bring people together. She shares the opportunities she's had like mentoring others and growing her confidence as a developer.
"Leading a Google Developer Student Club is like taking the ultimate step in teaching yourself how to lead and how to mentor a community. I have friends I will have for the rest of my life because of Google Developer Student Clubs. Also, the networking is fabulous. I've had the opportunity to meet software engineers, program managers, product managers."
-- Rene Capella
GDSC Lead in Seattle, Washington
GDSC Lead in Seattle, Washington
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