Amazon and UDC work together to diversify STEM opportunities

Tiffany Blacknall Benjamin, systems builder and diversity, equity and inclusion leader at Amazon, coaches students in the AmazonNext program on the Van Ness campus on September 9, 2022.

Twenty-five UDC students interested in technical careers related to software engineering, computer engineering and design are participating in the AmazonNext Scholars program. AmazonNext expands pathways for Black and Latinx students into STEM careers to provide technical skill-building for freshman, sophomore and community college transfer students. For more information about the program, please click here.