The conversation starts with Dr. Sarah sharing how she got involved in technology and the importance that quality instructors had in her education. She then shares how she decided to shift her focus from medicine to technology. Dr. Sarah goes on to tell her immigrant family story and how she deals with imposter syndrome. The conversation then wraps up with a discussion on how the panel is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TEALS Program – Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) is a Microsoft Philanthropies program that builds sustainable CS programs in high schools.

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Dr. Sarah Guthals is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and focuses her life on providing access to high quality computer science education to novices of all ages, everywhere. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, San Diego, her passion is to design content, software that focuses on engaging learners. Sarah builds curriculum, teaches teachers, writes books for novices around coding, and is one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science for her work in Computer Science Education.

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