I’m Amy B. Woodman (she/they), and I design programs that invite people, especially educators and young learners, into a more human, expressive relationship with technology. As Program Manager at The Processing Foundation, I support communities exploring creative coding through art, equity, and open-source tools.

For over a decade, I’ve worked to expand access to meaningful, inclusive computer science education. At Code.org, I led the development of CS Connections: an interdisciplinary curriculum that blends computer science with core subjects like math, language arts, and social studies, and Music Lab: Jam Session, a creative coding experience where millions of students have remixed songs and explored programming through sound and AI. I also co-developed the Native American Star Quilts module with Indigenous educators, using coding and pattern-making to center cultural knowledge in the classroom. That work was featured by the BBC for its innovative and respectful approach to culturally responsive learning.

Earlier in my career, I co-founded The Detroit Food Academy while teaching in Detroit Public Schools, and later scaled 9 Dots’ Get Coding program across Los Angeles to support hundreds of elementary educators in building joyful, project-based coding classrooms.

Raised in Hawaiʻi by Korean and Dutch-Indonesian immigrant parents, I’m deeply committed to creating learning spaces that reflect and uplift diverse student communities. My approach to program design is rooted in collaboration, care, and a belief that learning should be both rigorous and radically accessible.

Outside of work, you’ll often find me in the pottery studio. For me, working with code and working with earth are part of the same creative impulse: a love of process, imperfection, and making something out of nothing.