#103: Madelyn Tavarez - How a Part-time Bootcamp helped her Become an Android Engineer

Published: Oct. 24, 2018, midnight

Our guest on the podcast has a remarkable story. \n\nMadelyn Tavarez did a part-time bootcamp, while holding a full-time job. \n\nShe taught herself how to code. \n\nAnd became a software engineer at Pinterest now building products for hundreds of millions of people. \n\nShe is also a Dominican Republic-native who grew up in Washington Heights and due to her own drive and curiosity was able to change her circumstance. \n\nHer senior year of college she went from being a bartender to an \u201ceat, pray, love\u201d moment which took her to Italy. Which eventually played a big role in Madelyn deciding to teach herself how to code.\n\nFast-forward to today, she works as an Android engineer at Pinterest. She also continues to get actively involved in different community projects, including the TECHNOLOchicas among others.