The Power of Believing | Duru Rana Uzunoğlu | TEDxYouth@BursaKoleji

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Did you ever think a game of table tennis could change your life? In this motivational talk, Duru Rana Uzunoğlu tells the story of how in a small village, the introduction of a ping pong ball and a paddle paved the way for some towards a new life.  Rana Uzunoğlu is 15 years old and is a student at TED Bursa College. She enjoys coding, playing guitar and reading. She knows English, Bulgarian and German. She is interested in computers, arcade games and software development. Her dream is to be a software engineer and work on artificial intelligence. She hopes more girls get into coding and computer industry in the future. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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