Jedidiah James, a student at Hazelwood West High School, recently was awarded the 2018 National Center for Women and Information Technology Aspirations in Computing Award, which honors high school students who are active and interested in computing and technology and encourages them to pursue a career in the computer science field.
James has been interested in computer science since her freshman year and has demonstrated her desire to excel in this industry. James has worked with multiple computer science programs such as Scratch, App Inventor, and Python. To date, her greatest technical accomplishment was creating a mobile app.
“These are the skills that 21st-century technology companies look for when recruiting employees,” said Stephanie Carson, Project Lead the Way computer science teacher.
Nicelle Mariano, also a student at Hazelwood West High School, also received the award.Â
For more information on the National Center for Women and Information Technology, visit their website, aspirations.org.Â
