Coco Bennett, center, leans in and teaches computer code to Delaney Swann, left, and Ellie Swann at the 100 Girls of Code workshops Wednesday at the Chattanooga Public Library.
Isabella Poke, left, gets assistance from instructor Coco Bennett during the 100 Girls of Code workshops at the
Chattanooga Public Library.
Hands are busy Wednesday morning at the 100 Girls of Code workshops at the Chattanooga Public Library.Tennessee Code Academy’s 100 Girls of Code program passed through Chattanooga on Wednesday, luring 22 area 12- through 18-year-old girls interested in learning the basics of coding.
Katy Campen, lead instructor at 100 Girls of Code, said Chattanooga’s turnout was the highest of the seven cities the workshop has visited so far this summer.
She said the program “gained a lot of momentum in Nashville,” thanks to good press and exposure, and that high Chattanooga numbers were expected simply because of the city’s growing tech reputation.
“We knew that today was going to be a pretty big day,” she said.
There were only 25 spots available for Wednesday’s workshop.