Prabhakaran is the founder of Everybody Code Now!
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Swetha Prabhakaran, 15, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Virginia, and the founder and CEO of Everybody Code Now!, a non-profit working to empower the next generation of youth to become engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs, will receive the prestigious ‘Champions of Change’ award, at the White House, on Tuesday.
Under Prabhakaran’s direction, Everybody Code Now! has taught hundreds of students how to code and has raised thousands of dollars for STEM activities in schools, according to a press release by the White House.
Her mentorship programs have transformed shy young girls into confident students, community leaders, and budding technologists. She hopes to continue inspiring and encouraging young women to transform their future and the world.
Prabhakaran is among 11 young women selected by the White House as recipients of ‘Champions of Change’.
“Under Swetha’s direction, Everybody Code Now! has taught hundreds of students how to code and has raised thousands of dollars for STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) activities in schools,” the White House said.
“Her mentorship programs have transformed shy young girls into confident students, community leaders, and budding technologists,” the White House added.
In addition to her passion for science and computers, Prabhakaran, who was born in Indianapolis, is an avid Bharatanatyam dancer; she did her Bharathanatya arangetram – the debut on-stage performance of a classical art student, after undertaking years of training – in Tirunelveli on August 2.
Her father, Prabakaran Murugaiah, is the founder and CEO of techfetch.com. The family lives in Ashburn, Virginia.