12 Year old CEO Samaira Mehta offering free coding classes during COVID- 19

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Samaira Mehta is a 12-year-old the founder of Yes, 1 Billion Kids Can Code and CEO of a board game company called CoderBunnyz who wants to get 1 billion kids into coding by the time she graduates from college around 2030.

While the coronavirus pandemic threatened to put a damper on her ambitions to host workshops, Mehta decided the only way forward was to leverage all the time spent indoors to bring coding and artificial intelligence education directly to people's homes. Through her company, which she co-founded with her mom, the Santa Clara, California-based middle schooler sells two different board games: CoderBunnyz, which teaches basic coding concepts, and CoderMindz, which is focused on artificial intelligence principles. Now, the company also offers free AI and coding curriculum online all around the world. Mehta is also launching a new initiative called Boss Biz, a program teaching kids how to create a business alongside entrepreneurs across the world.

"I've actually seen that this is helping me achieve my goal a lot faster," Mehta told a Cnet staff reporter  over a Zoom call. "I can reach more places without having to actually be there."

As part of her mission, Mehta has led more than 150 coding workshops for kids at companies like Google, Microsoft and Intel. She's also spoken at more than 50 conferences, including Mobile World Congress, the world's biggest phone show. 

With in-person workshops and conferences out of the question this year, Mehta has had to rethink how to reach kids interested in STEM. Mehta said last year in an interview that, she wished she could clone herself so she could be everywhere in the world to reach more people and hold more workshops. 

"Now, I'm actually kind of able to do that," she says. "I'm able to be everywhere in the world while not being everywhere in the world."

Through Boss Biz, Mehta and other experts offer mentorship and support to students, who learn what it takes to create a company and also get the chance to win $1,000 in seed funding to kick off their business. The global, two-week program runs from July 13 to 24 and is open to anyone. The cost of attendance is $10, which goes toward Yes, One Billion Kids Can Code

Samaira Mehta has led hundreds of coding workshops and is now offering free online coding curriculum through her company CoderBunnyz. Am totally inspired by this young Lady at such a young age with so much passion for tech just wish her all the best.

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