Eden Wilson is an award-winning tech ambassador, speaker, entrepreneur, former champion rhythmic gymnast, cheerleader, south-side Chicagoan, a senior honor student at Whitney Young Magnet High School, and the owner of Lemonerdy, a YouTube channel and website that encourages everyone to try new things, including learning to code. In 2020, she co-founded Lemonerdy University, a peer-to-peer STEM education platform that was chosen as one of five finalists in the 2023 SXSW EDU Student Startup Competition and is the Digital Empowerment category winner in the 2023 T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge. Her coding courses stream on multiple platforms, and she teaches live online courses for children. A 2023 NCWIT Aspirations in Computer Science National Honorable Mention recipient and a Regional Affiliate Award Winner for 2022 and 2023, Eden’s goal is to inspire girls from diverse backgrounds to fulfill their potential in STEM.