What were you up to when you were 10? Watching cartoons, playing video games and completing your school homework?
Now meet Samaira Mehta.
At 10, she’s the CEO of CoderBunnyz. She declined Google’s job offer and has developed an AI board game.
Samaira’s STEM game is being used in 106 schools as a coding tool within the first year of its launch. She started coding at the age of six when you were probably struggling with potty training.
She’s also conducted about 60 coding workshops in Silicon Valley which were attended by 2000 kids. Then she started her company with her father who works with Intel.
Samaira ended up second in the Think Tank Learning’s Pitchfest in 2016 post, for which she appeared in a video with Cartoon Network as the ‘real Powerpuff Girl’ inspiring millions of her age.
After she conducted multiple workshops with Google, the tech giant extended an open offer which she declined.
I am trying to get young kids get excited by coding but not doing it on a computer but by playing my board game and coding. Its starting to become an important part of life. My inspirationis Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook.Samaira Mehta
She has even done workshops on enhancing public speaking skills and delivered a talk at ‘Women in Tech 2017’. If you want to see more from her, she even has YouTube channel.
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