I actually first tried my hand at coding in 8th grade. I was invited, along with 20 other girls, including one of my best friends, from my school to go to a tech business for a “Geek Girls” or girls in science event. We got to spend the day doing different tech activities, meeting those who worked at the business, and having lunch at the business, pretty cool for a middle schooler.  One of the things I distinctly remember was building the most basic of codes for the most basic of apps. My friend and I programmed a cartoon cat to “meow” when clicked through the apps interface. For a girl who’s…