Vanessa Barlow
Place Of Birth
Fairfax, Virginia
Family heritage
Guatemala
Bio
Currently, I am a rising senior at McLean High School in McLean, VA. I am part of the Computer Science Honor Society at my school. I am also starting a Girls Who Code Chapter at my school. I do a lot of programming during my free time. I know seven programming languages and am learning more and more on code academy.
I received my CompTIA A+ certification and am working toward my cyber security certification as well. I am also part of the Cyber Patriot team and am thinking about joining Robotics this year. I am very interested in computer hardware and software careers.
Current job
Student
Why would you recommend exploring careers in science and technology to other Latina girls?
You should explore careers wherever you want because this is how you find what you love doing, by fully informing yourself about your options. You should not be held back by other people thinking you are not apt; never hold yourself back.