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Charlene Hunter is the CEO & founder of Coding Black Females. Charlene has a strong academic background with a BSc in Mathematical Sciences and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham.
She has over 10 years of experience as a Java and C# developer and technical architect and has skills in requirements capture, technical architecture, testing, and various other aspects of building successful software applications.
She has a strong passion to increase and showcase the skills and talents of Black women in tech and is determined to diversify the tech sector.
Charlene set up Coding Black Females because in her years as a Software Developer, she discovered Black women were heavily underrepresented in tech. She wanted this to change, and ensure that Black women were able to discover role models and see familiar faces within the industry.
Charlene has received multiple awards and recognition work she does to support Black women in tech.
In this episode Alicia and Charlene discuss:
- Coding from the age of 8
- Being brought up with a community mindset
- How to progress into leadership within a short timeframe
- The reality of starting a community
- How to get involved with Coding Black Females
- The impact of Bootcamps, events and careers fairs
To learn more about Coding Black Females:
https://codingblackfemales.com/
Connect with Charlene here - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/charlenephunter
