What happens when the elements of storytelling and coding collide?

Leigh Lawhon Boone of Ashburn, Va., and winner of last weekend’s D.C. Women in Tech Demo Day has an answer. The 43-year-old front-end developer for Booz Allen Hamilton created Alika’s Treehouse, an interactive storybook for children of the digital age inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Through the adventures of a young Black girl named Alika, young girls learn how to code.

“Being a woman in tech is like being Alice in Wonderland,” Boone said, referring to the challenges of navigating a new world.

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