East Palo Alto's StreetCode Academy educates, inspires underrepresented programmers

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new report by The State of Black America finds that less than five percent of the Silicon Valley workforce is African-American.

One East Palo Alto nonprofit is working to change that with the StreetCode Academy.

Founder Olatunde Sobomehin and a programmer trained by the academy stopped by ABC7 News to talk about the good work they're doing.

To learn more about Streetcode Academy and their work, visit this page.