After acing her exams, she told her mother she wanted to pursue a career in programming.
Her mother’s response, she says, did not surprise her: “She laughed and said ‘Do you know where you are from? That’s for students from the cities, rich families or boys,’” Chantal recounts.
they work, and this became a core motivating factor for me to pursue my degree in Computer Science,” she says.
For her part, Chantal is using the skills she learned to develop applications that help her community, such as a digital system for making medical appointments, a bus booking system and more. “I can proudly say that AGCCI is the reason behind who I am today,” she says.
