Students who want to get an education in the STEM field can apply and enroll now in Drive: Laney, a program between Laney College and Oakland-based Hack the Hood. Students who complete the 12 month program receive a certificate in data science.
The program comes with a laptop and a monthly stipend of $400. The program starts in May 18, 2023.
In addition to the 12 month long program, Hack the Hood has shorter programs for community members starting this summer. For more information, visit Hack the Hood.
Momo Chang is a freelance journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Senior Editor at Civil Eats. She served program alumni as the Oakland Voices Co-Director from 2019 to 2024. Her work focuses on healthcare, immigration, education, Asian American communities, food and culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune. Momo has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting and the Asian American Journalists Association, among others. Her work has appeared in the East Bay Express, San Francisco Chronicle, Wired, and The New York Times. Momo is primarily a print journalist who also produces audio and visual stories for documentary film and radio. She is a Senior Contributing Editor for Hyphen and formerly the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
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