Priya Patil is an experienced software professional who has delivered high quality software solutions while mentoring business stakeholders and technical leaders across London. Outside of her work with 8th Light, Priya is a Trustee of codebar, a non-profit group that runs regular programming workshops and aspires to help underrepresented people learn programming and discover new career opportunities. As a Trustee, she has been helping to work toward establishing the group as a registered charity so they can gain funding from larger sponsor organisations. Before changing careers and becoming a software developer, Priya earned a joint Economics and History degree as well as a Law degree.