Fereshteh Forough is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Code to Inspire. Forough is from Herat, Afghanistan. She received her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Herat University and a master’s degree from the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. She taught as a professor in the Computer Science Faculty of Herat University for three years. Forough was a 2013 TED Talk speaker on digital literacy and communication without borders.