few years ago, Angela Chapple was at a crossroads: Should she go back to study for a programming degree while raising a child, or take a year off from school to work full-time for the Urban Technology Project?
With little information available about this new technology apprenticeship program and a referral from her sister, Chapple took a leap of faith and decided to apply to the first cohort of the AmeriCorps Digital Service Fellow (DSF) — Pre-Apprenticeship program. Benefits like the AmeriCorps scholarship and subsidies for childcare and transportation were a pivotal part of why she took the job opportunity.
“I was already going to school for programming and knew that I wanted to do something else in IT but did not know what,” Chapple said. “When I understood what they [Urban Technology Project] were offering, doing this program made more sense. With this opportunity, it allowed me to do different things within IT and engage in hands-on work.”
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