Madeline is a junior at Brown University concentrating in Computer Science, with a focus on Machine Learning. She has participated in Brown’s Computer Graphics and Reinforcement Learning research groups and interned as a Software Engineer at Bloomberg. Madeline’s passion lies in CS education, as she has taught many elementary, middle, and high school students how to code. Outside of technology, Madeline enjoyed showing people around campus as a science tour guide and taking photographs around the city. In this talk, Madeline will elaborate on her experience of finding courage in computer science​ and explain why everyone should try computer science for themselves. Madeline is a junior at Brown University concentrating in Computer Science, with a focus on Machine Learning. She has participated in Brown’s Computer Graphics and Reinforcement Learning research groups and interned as a Software Engineer at Bloomberg. Madeline’s passion lies in CS education, as she has taught many elementary, middle, and high school students how to code. Outside of technology, Madeline enjoyed showing people around campus as a science tour guide and taking photographs around the city. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx