Alice Steinglass always knew she liked math and science. Bigger yet, she loved understanding how the world works.
With a knack for taking things apart to figure out how they worked, Alice was a lover of the logic of math and science and how neatly everything fit together. But, at the same time, while growing up she also was a creative, making whatever she could out of construction paper found around her childhood house. She felt a pull. She would have to choose between creativity and the concrete logic of math and science.
When Alice discovered computer science, however, she realized it was a magic field, allowing her to combine her love of creativity and logic.
Now the vice president of product and marketing for Code.org, it’s her mission to help introduce others to the world of computer science and the power it holds.
“Two-thirds of computer science jobs are outside of the tech industry. This makes sense: almost every industry today uses technology – from marketing to medicine to shopping or entertainment. No matter what you want to do with your career, knowing some computer science amplifies your opportunities,” Alice says. “It's amazing how much opportunity there is and how little we are teaching it.”