Martha Chumo, a 19-year-old self-taught programmer, was supposed to
be in New York right now, honing her coding skills and mastering
cutting-edge technologies in the company of fellow software enthusiasts.
Instead, she's thousands of miles away, in her hometown of Nairobi, Kenya.
A few months ago, Chumo was accepted into the summer intake of Hacker School,
a U.S.-based "retreat for hackers," where budding programmers come
together for three months to write code, learn new languages and share
industry insights.
Whereas the programming
boot camp was free to attend, Chumo still needed to find a way to cover
her trip costs and buy a new laptop. Excited and determined, the young
developer turned
to online crowdsourcing platform Indiegogo for funds. She set a target
of $4,200 and managed to raise nearly $5,800. All she needed then was a
visa to travel to the United States.
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