Bridging the opportunity gap From Detroit, Brandy Foster didn’t let the opportunity gap limit her dreams. One internship and hours of self-education later, Foster is a developer at Detroit Labs and volunteers in a TEALS class, where she encourages and inspires students to consider a career in technology.

Teaching teachers to teach CS Magnum Dampier, an information systems director in Kansas, volunteers through videoconferencing in an Introduction to CS course in Texas. Along the way, he is equipping the teacher and school with the knowledge and confidence to run CS courses on their own within a few years.