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Nancy Mwirotsi and PI 515

Below is a summary of what Pursuit of Innovation accomplished in 2020.

Our main focus for 2020 was the “Future of Work,” creating space to honor young people’s leadership. As we approached Pi515’s goals in…

Feb 26, 2021

Our first class April 2014

Feb 26, 2021

Happy New Year.

Thinking of Sam Cooke song, a change is gonna come as I write this. It has been a long time coming, But I know a change is gonna come. Oh…

Jan 25, 2021

Happy New Year.

Jan 25, 2021

They did IT. 2019–2020 Impact

Kevontae started coming to PI515 because his girlfriend, Jessica was our web class assistant. Jessica had joined our class in 9th grade…

Sep 21, 2020

They did IT. 2019–2020 Impact

Sep 21, 2020

Technology sheds a light on injustice

Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and the many other black people who have lost their lives at the hands of police brutality…

Jun 3, 2020

Jun 3, 2020

This is my wall.

I was told and I am still told no you can’t, but I look at my wall and I know this, nothing can stop a willing mind. Hard work, believe in…

Jan 31, 2020

This is my wall.

Jan 31, 2020

Conversation with Tammy! How to prepare for High Education and Careers.

Met up with Tammy over coffee to discuss how we get kids excited for higher education and careers they would love. Here are her answers:

Nov 6, 2019

Conversation with Tammy! How to prepare for High Education and Careers.

Nov 6, 2019

“The same rain that fell on the bitter leaf also fell on the sugarcane”.

Similar situations in life, help contribute to different results for different people. At times, we are not in control of those things! In…

Aug 25, 2019

Eggplant Seeds. Called Bitter Balls in Some African Culture and is mainly used in some African Cuisine.

Aug 25, 2019

Investing right back in our Community, Closing the Digital and STEM divide.

Pursuit of Innovation 515 (Pi515) is a nonprofit organization that teaches undeserved and refugee students computer programming, coding…

Aug 14, 2019

Investing right back in our Community, Closing the Digital and STEM divide.

Aug 14, 2019

Thank you to Men who Champion for Women like me.

As we end black history and transition to women history month, I want to say thank you to Men who Champion for Women like me.

Mar 8, 2018

Thank you to Men who Champion for Women like me.

Mar 8, 2018

Nandi County Youth Pitch Competition Winners

Sponsored by Nancy Mwirotsi, Nandi County (Elly Kurgat), People’s Centric (Sammy and Hellen Chepkwony) and facilitated by Start Up Africa.

Mar 5, 2018

Nandi County Youth Pitch Competition Winners

Mar 5, 2018

Nancy Mwirotsi and PI 515

Nancy Mwirotsi and PI 515

We seek to expose a diverse group of students to STEM education and skills to help balance what we see as an inequity in their representation in STEM fields.

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