Wearing a navy blue and white varsity jacket that says “Tech Exchange,” Howard University student Ife Martin is one of over 150 students who participated in Google’s semester-long virtual academic program, which recently concluded last Friday.
“I’m really happy that we ended up in Atlanta. The Google offices have so much color here,” she said. “And then, like, we bring some color because we got the energy of the youth.”
Earlier this month, the Tech Exchange program hosted students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic-serving institutions, allowing them to network with local tech leaders, discuss AI and attend workshops within Google’s Atlanta office.
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