Growing up in Gary, Rayven Anderson always wanted to be an inventor. Later, she decided she leaned more into innovation. The 17-year-old West Side Leadership Academy senior taught herself coding at age 10 through YouTube videos and other online lessons. “I love code and I learned on my own,” said Anderson on Tuesday after she and nine other Gary students received STEM signing day bonuses valued at $750 in scholarship money and prizes from Boeing and the Chicago Area Business Aviation Association

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