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"When Sasha Ariel Alston pursued her love for coding, she noticed there were never many girls ― especially girls of color ― pursuing it, too. That's why she decided to write a children's book to encourage girls to learn about coding and STEM fields at an early age.  Alston is a 19-year-old Pace University student getting a major in information systems and a minor in marketing. She spent two years writing Sasha Savvy Loves to Code, a kids' book about a 10-year-old who becomes interested in coding, just like Alston. "The purpose of the book is just to get girls interested in coding and to provide basic coding terms," she said."

"Think you can name every Canadian city, town and human settlement? There's a quiz for that. Ian Fisher developed an online tool to test your knowledge of Canadian population centres - and this ain't your grandmother's Sporcle quiz."

"Children need to understand the influence of advertisements and other media to be empowered to make smart decisions"