HOBOKEN, NJ – March 16, 2017
On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Hoboken Charter School students Maya Espinel and Lucy
Hartigan presented their coding project “Get the Lead Out” at the Girls Who Code Gala in New
York City. Last spring after hearing about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, Maya and Lucy built
a website to educate their peers about lead poisoning. Their work received national recognition
and has has been featured on the Girls Who Code website, the Huffington Post and the History
Channel:
http://imagirlwhocodes.com/post/145522980260/maya-espinel-lucy-hartigan-proving-age-is-just
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/girls-who-code/how-two-girls-who-code-ar_b_10326352.html
http://www.history.com/shows/history-now/videos/reshma-saujani-is-teaching-girls-to-code
PRESS CONTACT: Elizabeth Niesz, K-8 Vice Principal, Hoboken Charter School, 713 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ 07030, Tel: 201-963-0222
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