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India Kato

india.kato@gmail.com | Linkedin | GitHub

Hello! My name is India Kato(she/her) and I am currently a student at Ada Developer's Academy in Cohort 14. Before discovering coding, I studied biology at the University of Washington with the intent of becoming a doctor. After graduation, I started working at the Allen Institute for Brain Science as a Research Associate. I studied the visual cortex and, in particular, the neural circuits associated with visual learning in mice. As I worked, I began to realize that I did not want to further pursue life sciences. At first, it was defeating to discover that the career that I had invested so much time and energy into was ultimately not the right fit for me. Luckily, my realizations led me to programming! As I worked with engineers on experimental workflows, I became mesmerized with the idea that writing small words on a computer screen could p

India Kato

india.kato@gmail.com | (425)-770-6538 | Seattle, WA | Linkedin | GitHub

Education

Ada Developers Academy | Seattle, WA (Sept 2020 - Present)

  • Studying full-stack software development
  • Languages: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS, Web APIs
  • CS Fundamentals - Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Agile Practices, Test-Driven Development, Pair Programming

University of Washington | Seattle, WA (Sept 2014 - June 2018)

  • Bachelor of Science in Biology