Tech
Google Code Next Inglewood at Hollywood Park
The technology revolution is going to be driven by young minds. Google Code Next Inglewood, adjacent to SoFi Stadium, is giving local high school students the tools to be creators within that revolution.
UCLA brings STEM to students in Black communities
UC STEM Fest introduced children in South Los Angeles to science and technology fields.
TEC Leimert Spotlight: Diana Simmons
A Leimert Park native, Simmons is a sales executive for Microsoft, overseeing a team of technical sellers in a $65 million sales territory.
Delete the Divide
Los Angeles County’s digital inclusion program’s goal is that everyone is connected to the Internet.
TEC Leimert Spotlight: Gene James III is getting to the next level
James, a View Park Prep and UCLA grad, used TEC Leimert’s NXT LVL social media incubator program to land a job at XX Artists.
Cassie Betts’ “Talk Tech to Me Uncut”
Betts hosts a tech show on KBLA Talk 1580, and she helps locals enter into the field with tech bootcamps hosted by Made in South LA.
South L.A. Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation partnered with Best Buy, the Annenberg Foundation, and Greater LA Education Foundation to create a center that has a computer lab and recording studio.
TEC Leimert Spotlight: LA Create Space’s Terell Johnson
The Watts native has opened LA Create Space, a co-working space in Inglewood which features an audio and video production studio.
TEC Leimert’s social media incubator program
The 12-week NXT LVL paid-intern program teaches young adults digital marketing, SEO, graphic design, creative editing, emerging tech, campaign management, media buying, audience research, and more.
TEC Leimert Spotlight: Kai Frazier
Frazier is bringing virtual reality technology into classrooms to give students a more effective learning experience.