Women Who Reign: Chiara Amisola

“If you don’t like the hand that fate dealt you, fight for a new one!” — Naruto Uzumaki

Meet Chiara Amisola. She has been speaking and representing Developers’ Society at the Philippine EduTECH Conference, received the Youth Excellence in Science Award, FIRST Lego League Grand Award Winner, and published an essay regarding her startup, “Batid,” in an Emerging Technologies and Applications journal. Follow Chiara on Twitter at @Amisoia and check out her blog: blog.chiaski.com.

Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!
I’m Chiara Amisola, a high school senior at De La Salle Santiago Zobel and an aspiring computer scientist and writer. Language moves me, whether in the form of code or poetry.

At a young age, I was privileged to have unrestrained access to a bulky laptop that then became the avenue for my exploration into technology. After being interested in something, I’d immediately want to reconstruct it into something of my own making. I would look at my favorite websites and view their source code, picking up HTML and Javascript from scanning sources instead of outright tutorials. From there, I’d begin building websites, games, and applications of increasing complexity–furthered by my involvement in the robotics team.