In Black America - Ida Byrd-Hill Appears On NPR

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By kevin Media November 16, 2021

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Ida Byrd-Hill founder and CEO of Detroit-based Automation Workz, a higher education cybersecurity boot camp, whose goal is to educate and train people of color for high-paying jobs in the cybersecurity industry.

Have a look directly on NPR site here.

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