Over the next six months, I devoted my life to teaching everything I knew about programming and web development to these women. Most of them barely had a decent level of education — only a few had gone to university until they got married and started a family within the constraints of their religion. The English language was an issue for many, but with patience and time, they slowly got over their fear of judgment and became better at expressing themselves in a foreign language.
Read MoreFor as long as I can remember, I’ve never been good at following the crowds — or any kind of rule set for that matter. It’s not for lack of trying: when I was young, I felt that not being able to fit in meant something was wrong with me. I learned by being bullied and laughed at in school that being the black sheep can cause severe emotional damage to someone.
Throughout the years, I learned to appreciate myself and those sides of me differentiating me from other people. My decision to live an artistic life was probably heavily influenced by my feeling of not fitting in.
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