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Decoding Samaira Mehta
News: Kids In The Spotlight

Google offered 11-year-old Samaira Mehta a job after she finishes college. But the 5th-grader from Silicon Valley, California, had to say no. It just didn't make sense for her to work for someone else—ever. Sorry, Google.

Samaira, you see, is a computer whiz kid. She's also a business owner and a go-getter who got going at a very young age. Her dad taught her computer coding at age 6, when most kids are learning how to tell time. She learned how to use coding to create apps, websites, and software.

It turned out that Samaira is good at coding like a rabbit is good at hopping. This is fitting. Rabbits are her favorite animal! At age 8, Samaira created a board game that teaches kids how to code. She called the game Coder Bunnyz because the game has rabbit playing pieces.

Coder Bunnyz took off. It won second place in a ThinkTank Learning contest. And Cartoon Network put Samaira in a video about real-life superheroes.

Within a year, Samaira was featured in news stories around the world. Over $35,000 worth of Coder Bunnyz games sold on Amazon. And more than 300 schools and 240 libraries started using the game.

Soon, Samaira was teaching workshops about computers at big companies like Google and Microsoft.

Why is Samaira so successful at such a young age? Her mother has the answer.

"She wants to make a difference, and that is coming from the heart," she said.

Samaira wants to share what she knows with kids around the world. She and her brother, Aadit, started a program. It's called "Yes, 1 Billion Kids Can Code." The plan is to teach coding to one billion kids worldwide by 2030. Samaira believes these skills can help all kids do well in life, no matter where they're from.

Samaira raises money on her website. She uses the money to send Coder Bunnyz to schools. Then she goes to workshops to teach kids how to play.

Samaira loves what she does. And she's just getting started. She created a new board game. It's called Coder Mindz. It seems Samaira has decoded the secret of success.

Information for this story came from VOA.


Video Transcript: Young Coding Wiz

Video Credit: VOA

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There are four boxes. The text above the boxes says What Happened Next? The first box says Samaira's dad taught her computer coding. An arrow points from the first box to the second box. The second box says Coder Bunnyz was used in 300 schools. An arrow points from the second box to the third box. The third box has a question mark in it. An arrow points from the third box to the fourth box. The fourth box says Samaira created a game called Coder Mindz.
Based on the Article, which best replaces the question mark in the diagram above?


Samaira started teaching workshops at Google and Microsoft.
Samaira started selling Coder Bunnyz games on Amazon.
Samaira appeared in a video about real-life superheroes.
Samaira created Coder Bunnyz to teach kids how to code.

Answer 1

Samaira started teaching workshops at Google and Microsoft.

The article says that after Coder Bunnyz was used in hundreds of schools, Samaira soon taught workshops at big companies like Google and Microsoft, and later created Coder Mindz.