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Empowering All Voices to Build the Future.

Our mission is to build the next generation of diverse & community-minded leaders in technology.

We believe that access to technology education should be a human right. We’re building a world where everyone can create far-reaching change with technology by equipping K-12 and adult students with the skills and resources to innovate technology solutions for our world.

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Our core principles

  • Developing a pipeline of both youths and adults from diverse backgrounds.

  • Providing an unmatched curriculum for students starting in elementary school through adulthood.

  • Offering multi-year programs that bring students from no coding experience to advanced competency.

  • Creating project and student-centered programs that enable students to be the change-makers we know they are.

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Our curriculum

Ideate

Students participate in Design Thinking workshops to identify a relevant problem in their community and come up with a technological solution.

Design

Students learn the essentials of User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, as well as user research, in order to wireframe and prototype their applications.

Code

Students are introduced to coding in an intuitive and experiential manner in order to code their applications into a reality.

Pitch

Students learn communication and presentations skills, as well as marketing and branding, in order to pitch their applications during the final showcase.

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Our founder & CEO

"I’m Brianne Caplan, Founder and Executive Director of Code Your Dreams. My career started as a data scientist, where I witnessed firsthand both the power of technology and the persistent gaps in who has access to it. After earning my degree from the University of Chicago, I later returned as Program Director for Careers in Computer Science, working to expand pathways into tech for students across disciplines. I founded Code Your Dreams to ensure that everyone has the confidence, skills, and community support to not only participate in technology, but to shape it."

Dive deeper

Discover the power of learning to code and the diverse, impactful careers our students pursue in technology by checking out our video resources.

Why learn to code

Understand the fundamentals of our approach and why learning to code with Code Your Dreams is a critical step toward social impact.

Career pathways in computer science

Explore the wide range of in-demand tech careers and job roles our programs prepare students for.

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