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Episode 2: Coding Bootcamps: Providing Opportunities for Employment for Newcomers in Mexico

Coding Bootcamps: Providing Opportunities for Employment for Newcomers in Mexico

Technology can deepen global inequality. It also has the potential to mitigate it. In this episode, we speak to Aída Chávez Zapata & Diana Izquierdo about the impact of Hola Code, a start-up that uses technology-focused education and opportunities as a tool of reintegration. Hola Code offers a coding bootcamp for migrants, newly deported and immigrants in Mexico covering education, employment and exposure to tech pioneers. We speak with them about: alternative education in technology as a pathway to economic growth, universality in technology in allowing the adoption internationally, and how their work benefits decent work and economic growth for all.

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Aída Chávez | Co- CEO, Hola Code

Aída is an international migration specialist focused on returnees, refugees, and displaced populations. She has eight years of relevant experience in managing and implementing public policy and development programs for migrant communities.

Diana Izquierdo | Co- CEO, Hola Code

Diana has accumulated diverse experience analyzing the financial and operational situation in different sectors and industries, from having worked in big companies like Chrysler and Dupont, as well as in start-ups and entrepreneurial projects. This led her to understand the details of the day-to-day execution and create a strategy according to the company main objectives.

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