I uploaded my first video on my YouTube channel in January 2018. By the time I started my channel, my dad was already teaching me how to code. I was learning HTML, CSS, and PHP. I was hesitant at first, but I really enjoyed learning how to code games on Scratch.
Eden Wilson
Eden Wilson is a YouTube Partner, brand ambassador, entrepreneur, speaker, champion rhythmic gymnast, a former competitor on Lifetime’s Child Genius, and Miss Chicago’s Outstanding Teen 2020-2021 and Miss Hyde Park’s Outstanding Teen 2022. Her goal is to inspire everyone to share their stories and pursue their dreams by sharing her various hobbies and talents on her YouTube channel – from reading, coding, and trying interesting foods to making crafts, cooking, and hanging out with her friends.
In high school, Eden was a principal’s list honor student, a member of the National Honor Society, National Computer Science Honor Society, and Best Buddies Illinois, tutored kids with Chicago Teen Mentors, and was a special education classroom assistant at a local elementary school.
Today, she is a student at Spelman College, majoring in Computer Science andminoring in Education Studies. She is a member of NSBE, the AUC advanced coding collective, and Girls Who Code. She enjoys learning sign language and tutoring kids with Chicago Teen Mentors.
David Wilson
David is an award-winning artist and designer, a 2X founder, photographer, videographer, and editor. He appeared in his first Lemonerdy video in 2018, and has been working behind the scenes for over five years, watching Lemonerdy grow into an international platform and brand.
He joined the Lemonerdy University team as a technical co-founder, and in March of 2023, he pitched Lemonerdy U on the SXSW EDU Student Startup Competition stage alongside Eden in Austin, Texas. In October 2023, he once again pitched on stage, but this time in Seattle, Washington for the T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge. Eden and David were not only T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge Finalists, but they were also the Digital Empowerment Category winners. They won the Changemaker Challenge after a powerful, memorable, and emotional pitch that left judges and audience members in tears.
David attends Morehouse College and is a Business Major.
