Twenty-six-year-old Blisha Magar is one of 20 refugees working away in a classroom during a free computer coding boot camp called Refcode. The program, led by software engineers, teaches refugees tech skills.
On Magar’s screen is a website she made with two furry monsters, one blue and one orange. They look ready for lunch.
“I’m going to add a burger, pizza, broccoli and a cookie on the side,” Magar says.
A hospice care worker, she’s originally from Nepal. Magar is flexing the skills she learned in the boot camp to practice creating a website pixel, which reacts when you hover a mouse on it. She clicks the burger and drags her cursor over the monster.
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