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Alisha Latham

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    Participants in the "Make It! Create an Android App" class.  Jessica Melgarejo Cespedes is the library services specialist in charge of programming and Project L.E.A.D. (Literacy for Every Adult in Dade), and Alisha Latham is the social media specialist in the Community Engagement and Programming department of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Offering free technology programs in a public library setting is paramount to bridging the digital divide. The Miami-Dade Public Library System, through $25,000 in support from Knight Foundation, has ambitiously begun providing new quality technology programming to the public. The first of these programs, “Make It! Create an Android App” was recently offered at the Edison Center Branch Library. Spanning four weeks, participants gained hands-on experience in creating an application for Android-based mobile phones.