Peace Corps, International Policy & Tech: Lisa Einstein Humans of Code in Place

Lisa Einstein is a section leader and administrative team member for Code in Place. Lisa is currently a master’s student at Stanford, where she is studying international policy and computer science. A former professional dancer with Camille A. Brown, she is passionate about promoting girls' education. Before Stanford, Lisa served in the Peace Corps in Guinea West Africa where she built and co-directed Let Girls Learn and taught physics to over 600 students in a rural village. With some of her students, she co-founded a Guinean NGO that works to end early marriage and promote girls’ education. Her students inspired Lisa with their motivation to learn about computers, so Lisa set out to learn more about computer science to teach them and make it more accessible to them and others worldwide. She and Moussa Doumbouya, a section leader from Guinea, founded GNCode to prepare Guineans to face the challenges and seize the opportunities inherent in the digital revolution. Hear more about her story here.

Podcast produced by Code in Place volunteer section leaders Patricia Wei and Jacob Sharf. Thumbnail art by Code in Place student Sayaka Funata.