Angel Juarez was worried. At age 19, he was working part-time at a Michaels crafts store earning less than $15,000 a year and trying to make ends meet. He knew he wanted more in life and was interested in coding boot camps—but the cost was out of reach for him. After all, one night he found himself preparing to make a bowl of spaghetti and couldn’t even afford the sauce.
“I was pretty dejected that whole night. I just couldn’t sleep because I was nervous about rent,” Juarez told Fortune. He was living alone at the time, and paying $700 per month. As he scrolled on Facebook to pass the time, he saw an ad offering free tech training.
