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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. 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.

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The article from Teen Vogue, though written in 2020, covers Sofia's impact on young entrepreneurs and how she represents the youth in STEM as a young black woman. There are quotes from Sofia included as well, including what she has to say about how coding and confidence interplay.