Women Who Reign: Fiona Liang

“When you love what you have, you have everything you need.”
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Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!
My name is Fiona Liang. I’ve lived in Brooklyn all my life. I’m currently majoring in Computer Science as a Sophomore at Binghamton University.

I participated in the Pre-College program at the Flatiron School in NY along with Karlie Kloss (main profile pic), taking software engineering classes and later on interned there for a little! It was an amazing experience especially since I wasn’t allowed to take AP Computer Science in high school.

Fun Facts: I used to be a competitive figure skater! I wanted to become a lawyer until I did the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program in 2014. I fell in love with Computer Science and the STEMinist movement.

What # would define your life journey?
#Fail would probably be the hashtag that would define my life journey. Most people think of the word as an actual failure or disappointment that happened to them. They usually pertain this to something extremely negative, I’ve also done the same. But as I’ve gotten older, experienced many obstacles and continue to learn from my mistakes, I’ve learned to take a more positive outlook on life. I use this word as my drive to never give up in my goals, I’ve redefined it as “First Attempt In Learning” rather than an actual lack of success. You can never actually fail if you’re passionate and hardworking at what you do !

Favorite website / app:
My favorite websites would probably be Medium and Pinterest. I love decorating and doing arts and crafts to relieve stress so I go to Pinterest for a lot of ideas on DIYs and stuff like that. I go on Medium.com whenever I get a chance to sit down and read. My father always told me that it’s always important to expand your perspective and to always be open minded. I found that reading people’s short stories and experiences in life have allowed me to do this. It’s crazy how so many people’s stories connect with my own and I always take something away from their writing whenever I finish reading something.