Women Who Reign: Kathryn Hodge

You can’t please everyone, and you can’t make everyone like you.” — Katie Couric
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Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!
I’m originally from Sugar Land, TX, but right now, I’m in my junior year at Vassar College, majoring in computer science and minoring in film. Two years ago, I took my first computer science class on a whim. The class happened to fit into my schedule and I planned on studying math anyway so I thought it would be a good complementary course, but I honestly didn’t give it much thought. However, within the first few weeks of classes, I was smitten. Putting little bits of code together to print out data — to make something real happen — fascinated me and I wanted to keep programming even after the labs and classes were over. Today, I am still just as in love with computer science as I was two years ago. I am currently a computer science teaching assistant for Computer Science 102 and the co-founder of a new student-run organization called VC++, where designers, programmers, and entrepreneurs come together to create things they are passionate about. I am also an avid tapper in Vassar’s only tap dance group, OnTap, and I spin fire poi in a circus troupe called the Barefoot Monkeys. This semester I’m taking a course called Intro to Stagecraft and I got to saw wood with an intense power saw today!

Favorite website / app:
Netflix! Because who doesn’t love binge-watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt?

Someone who inspires you and knowledge they have imparted (if any):
Earlier this year, I traveled to San Francisco as a part of Square’s Code Camp. Code Camp is an all-women five-day immersion program that includes workshops and leaderships sessions along with Q&A’s led by some of Square’s top…