Nyasha Francis (she/her)

Nyasha Francis is a sophomore from the Bronx, New York, attending Clark Atlanta University in New York. This summer, she interned at GoFundMe, where she worked on website frontend development. It was her first time using JavaScript and React, but she had a wonderful time building new features for the site. Moving to San Diego and visiting the Bay Area was challenging at first, but thanks to her mentors and the welcoming culture at GoFundMe, she excelled and looks forward to continuing frontend development during the upcoming school year.

During the last week of her internship, Nyasha made a presentation to the product team and the CTO about her experience at GoFundMe. Her joy in discussing the new feature that would impact user interaction with the site was exceeded only by the opportunity to show her appreciation to her mentors and truly thank them for changing her life.

Source of inspiration: Talking to other engineers of color.

Book Recommendation: White Teeth by Zadie Smith.