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Walmart Makes $250,000 Contribution to Grow Girls Who Code Clubs

Z. Sitek
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KUAF
Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, speaking before 300 local middle-school aged girls.

On Wednesday, 300 girls from middle schools in Northwest Arkansas got to meet the woman behind the nonprofit organization called Girls Who Code. Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of the organization, spoke to students about how she started the nonprofit and the ways in which more girls can become interested in coding and careers in technology.

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.