Bandhan (pronounced bun-done) is a back-end software engineer for Excelerate America helping entrepreneurs gain purchasing powers, an ambassador for Google Women Tech Makers, part of the Change Collective's inaugural cohort under the Obama Foundation's Civic Nation, and a diversity advocate with DEI Committee for her university's college of engineering. Bandhan has been coding for the last 14 years and growing up as a woman of color playing soccer and studying computer science, her aim is to break barriers on women in STEM. After teaching AP Computer Science at DIA for Young Women, she is now working on breaking barriers and preparing middle school black and brown girls at Charlotte Mason Community School for AP CS.
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Q: What is something you love about where you live?
A: As an international student, I love that I have been able to grow as the city grows. The growth was only possible because of the opportunities, Detroit is filled with them! Opportunities in tech, entrepreneurship, sports, restaurants, real estate and so much more along with the hard work Detroiters put in! As Detroit provides me with opportunities, my aim is to provide tech equity opportunities for BIPOC youth in computer science education.
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If you would like to connect with Bandhan, feel free to contact her via LinkedIn or email: kaur@bandhan.dev
