By Juliana Jacob | Senior Associate, Communications
Safinaz is a GIS specialist who intends to apply the knowledge she has gotten from the Academy to become a better programmer.
Safinaz shares her motivations for joining the academy…
Choosing this industry was a challenge for me. In the area I live in right now, they expect girls to get married after high school and not pursue high learning. But I chose survey and Maths which is a field dominated by men.
I wanted to expand my career by gaining new knowledge. At the moment, I work as a GIS specialist, and we use programming. So I joined the academy to learn how to do better programming and apply it to my daily tasks. Someone once said to me "I couldn't become a programmer because I was a girl, that was all the motivation I needed to become one".
On her experience so far with the Academy…
I have no regrets. One thing I love about the academy is that if you have the basic requirements, you will get all the help you need to do well. It was difficult being a part of an academy before now, so I am grateful I was selected. I didn’t know they would select me because I was not a programmer and I studied geography.
On her outlook on her future career in tech…
Before this time, I would have said I do not have equal chances with men. But with the progress being made in bridging the gap, I feel confident that my chances are high.
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