User:IDIC-Linguist/Sofia Ongele

- Born and raised in Santa Clarita, California

-23 year old developer, creator, student, and activist from LA

-attends Columbia University

-Ongele began her coding journey at the age of 15 when she attended Kode with Klossy, a summer class for young girls of ages 13 to 15 created by Fashion model Karlie Kloss. Soon after she moved on to Apple's prestigious Engineering Technology Camp.

-Her first app was create at age 17 called "reDawn" to support survivors of sexual violence after having an acquaintance of hers was assaulted. The app was created for the sexual assault survivors to get in touch with artificial intelligence to gather information on any local resources or help centers and also help the person create a report. Ongele also added a privacy option to have the users information deleted or can take the information to the police.

-director of digital strategy at Gen-Z for Change

-With more than 300,000 followers on TikTok, she uses her platform in "detailing action items for progressives" and explaining to her audience what life is like for a young black woman in America.\This began in the start of the pandemic after the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. Some of her videos include things such as explaining to the audience about the importance of saving Roe Vs. Wade.

-Also has helped over 100 of her peers with teaching them code. her work as also been featured on Disney Plus being a docuseries called Growing Up. She was also named CES Young Innovator to watch.

-one of apples 350 winners of the wwdc20 swift student challenge in 2020

https://reinvented-magazine.medium.com/women-who-reign-sofia-ongele-389b5d116320

CES 2020: ReDawn app among Young Innovator awards finalists | CES | Business | Conventions (reviewjournal.com)

Watch Sofia | Disney+ (disneyplus.com)

Sofia Ongele (born September 21, 2000) is a developer, creator, student, and "hacktivist" who is dedicated to helping improve society become more aware of the issues the people of minority face. She starred in a Disney plus documentary Growing Up in 2022. She is also Director of digital strategy at Gen-Z for Change.

Early life and education
Sofia Ongele was born and raised in Santa Clarita, California and began her programming at the age of 15. She attended Kode with Klossy, a summer class for young girls from the ages of 13 to 18 which was created by fashion model Karlie Kloss. She then attended Apple's most prestigious Engineering Technology Camp and in 2020 was named one of Apple's winners for the WWDC20 Swift Student Challenge.

At the age of 17 she created her first app called ReDawn that is meant to support sexual assault survivors. After her uprising with coding, she than began guiding over 100 of her peers. In 2020, Ongele won the CES's Young Innovators to Watch award for the ReDawn app. Sophia is planning on graduating from Columbia University in May 2024 with a bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences.

Career
With more than 300,000 followers on TikTok, Ongele uses her platform to educate her audience about what life is like as a young black woman in America. This began in the start of the pandemic after the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahaumd Arbery, and George Floyd. Some of her videos include things such as informing her viewers about the importance of saving Roe Vs. Wade.