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"I truly believe that this program has helped change my life and made me believe that I am capable of anything I set my mind to. It has helped me to be able to be patient with myself and overcome the challenges along the way. I believe that BFOIT has opened a new road filled w/opportunities for me! Thanks, Again and I hope a program like this can keep changing lives like it did mine!!"- Iqra A. 
 "I can’t really single one thing out because this program has been beneficial as a whole from the programming to the free lunches to the speakers and to the HTML. I feel very lucky to be given this opportunity to take my education to the next level."
BFOIT
Introduction
BFOIT, a project of the International
Computer Science Institute, supports historically underrepresented
ethnic minorities and women in their desire to become leaders in
the fields of computer science, engineering and information
technology.
The intent is to provide youth with knowledge, resources,
practical programming skills and guidance in their pursuit of
higher education and production of technology.
Women and members of underrepresented
ethnic groups (African Americans, certain Asian American groups,
Chicanos/Latinos, Native Americans) are
underrepresented in the fields of information technology and
computer science. Yet, we believe they
may
bring a necessary and important perspective, and experience, that could help
identify and find sustainable solutions for societal problems, as
yet unsolved.
We
have several programs that work in unison to create a support
pipeline that identifies, recruits and retains promising new
leaders who are women and otherwise underrepresented.
Comments from past students: "Yes, I would recommend the program to my friends. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get into the field of computer science or engineering or even to the people who are not sure if that’s even what they want to do. You really learn a lot of new and useful information about computers AND about life! This is a really good program."
"Yes. This program has changed my life and helped me deeply. It has given me both inspiration and preparation."
"My suggestion for BFOIT is to have more sites! More campuses that offer BFOIT….Expand!"
"To help me reach my goals BFOIT can keep in touch with me until I reach college, or even until I graduate from college. I would REALLY like to meet with BFOIT through at the year(s). It would help me stay focused on the things that are important. I would REALLY REALLY!"
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