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TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO CREATE CHANGE (TECC) INTERNSHIP 

TECC BOSS SUMMER PROGRAM

For young women and young men ages 16 - 21

Come earn as you learn how to be a tech boss entrepreneur and change agent!   

 

This past summer, selected interns designed an app, design a game, or create an IoT device that addresses the community need. AND you'll earn as you learn!  

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The Health and Wellness Edition program challenged underrepresented youth to innovate around increasing equity and access in mental health services and shaping a healthier approach to nutrition by improving food education and security.

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WHAT OUR TECC BOSS INTERNS LEARNED?

Hard Skills

  • Visual programming

  • App prototyping/development

  • UI/UX design

  • Digital marketing

  • Data analysis

  • Customer discovery

  • Market survey development

  • Business model canvassing

  • Microsoft PowerApps

  • SQL

  • Web design

Soft Skills

  • Collaboration

  • Design-thinking

  • Creative problem-solving

  • Community empowerment

  • Technology as a medium for social change

  • Time management

  • Written and verbal communication

  • Computational thinking

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FAQs

Will this program be in-person or online?

In 2022, this internship will be in-person.

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What will each intern need in order to participate?

In order to participate in this program, each intern will need a laptop.

 

TECH-Nique’s focus seems to be on African-American young women. Will you only be accepting that demographic?

TECH-Nique’s programming is based in research around what motivates young African American women to consider a career in computer science. Our programs do involve an oversampling of African-American young women, but the program is open to all demographics. 

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