Maria Contreras is 17, a senior in high school, and a recent immigrant from Venezuela, but already has had a paid internship at Indeed, the job search company. She got it after participating in a program called Code2College.

Hear her tell her full story at WorkingNation.com in a special episode of the "Work in Progress: Expanding Opportunities in Tech" podcast series presented in partnership with the Cognizant Foundation.

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