51-Year-Old, Self Taught Developer Creates App to Help Women Escape Abuse“Alicia Carr isn’t your typ

51-Year-Old, Self Taught Developer Creates App to Help Women Escape Abuse“Alicia Carr isn’t your typical tech founder. Having discovered her love for coding later in life, she’s using her newfound talent for a good cause. Her app,The Purple PocketBook, was established as an effort to empower women experiencing domestic violence with the essential tools required to develop a safe, secure exit plan. As someone who’s had family and friends fall victim to domestic violence, Carr wants her app to help the millions suffering from abuse across the country. We recently connected with Alicia to get the scoop on her and her app.What’s your current role?Executive Director – The Purple Pocketbook Foundation Inc.CEO – Mac IT Enterprise LLCWhat startup/tech projects have you worked on? In 2012, I decided I wanted to be a app developer after meeting a young man who was 16 years old. I asked how he got the funds to get the first version of the iPad and he told me he was a millionaire after developing the app. I said to myself, “I want to do that.” A friend of mine got me started by learning Objective C. After many books and online courses, I started working on the Purple Pocketbook in January 2014 and finished the first version in March 2014. After a month of submitting the app to Apple, it finally got approved on May 2, 2014.”The app’s main features are:-Secrecy: the app provides a discreet, untraceable platform for women to review their available resources, including local shelter contact information.-Education: Questionnaire designed to confirm what type of domestic violence you may be experiencing.-Safe, secure escape options: the women can finally see relief from this awful situation.-Legal information (State of GA ONLY)-Offered in 6 different languages: English, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Urdu and HindiRead the full piece hereAWESOME! GO ALICIA!! -- source link

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