Community Spotlight: Princess Sopeju
Celebrating 2023-2024 Fellow Princess Sopeju! Princess grew up in Nigeria and moved to the US in 2022. She’s an extremely driven and creative Computer Science Major minoring in Cyber Security at Suffolk University. She loves connecting with people, bringing her creativity into coding, and working in solidarity to help people. She is “fascinated by using technology for innovative results,” and is excited by the possibilities of tech for building a better world. She says, “it gives me immense joy knowing that I can use code to work on projects to help people and society.”
Princess is committed to being in community, and currently holds leadership roles in UNICEF and the International Student Union. She is also an active & former E-Board member of the African Student Union. Princess organizes events and creates space for Black students to feel welcome on campus. She shared, ”People have helped me become who I am right now, and connecting with people and sharing resources makes me happy. It’s important to me to be connected to people’s struggles.”
Princess wants to “leverage technology to create more access and ease for people with disabilities. I have a younger brother with a disability, and I want to have an organization where we design and make affordable technologies to support people with disabilities in their daily activities, and to bring them ease.”
Princess inspires us to bring creativity into our work. She shares, “Creativity is a big part of my personality. With CS, I feel like I can reflect my creativity and who I am through my ideas for cool projects, apps, or websites. Every time I solve a coding problem, I feel so happy and joyful.”
To prospective Fellows, Princess says, “Code2040 is a really good platform to gain resources and connect with other people. In your application, be yourself by sharing how the Fellows Program will be helpful for you, and then when you get in, try to be very active: ask questions, share your experiences, connect with people. Connecting with people is really the whole purpose. The people I connected with made me feel like I was not alone, and like I can do it.”
Thanks for being part of our community, Princess!