Women Who Reign: Cathy Chen

“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.” — Michelle Obama
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Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!
I’m studying CS and right now I’m most excited about my applying CS to social science. I also think neuroscience is really cool, especially the McGurk effect. Outside of CS, I like running and playing tennis and playing violin. I have a little brother who’s seven years younger than me (and who’s unfortunately taller than me now). Fun fact: My brother taught me how to juggle on my 19th birthday.

Favorite website / app:
youtube.com

Someone who inspires you and knowledge they have imparted:
MacKenzie McHale from The Newsroom

Song that makes you want to dance:
Bailando

Challenge you’ve faced and how you overcame it:
In my first tech experience in industry, it was tough transitioning from classroom CS to applying things in real-world settings. The huge variety of tools and practical things like reading documentation and writing BUILD files felt very overwhelming at first. Eventually I realized that I could figure things out if I just kept trying things out and…