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Five local students are now budding computer coders thanks to a group that encourages women to get involved in technology.

“Through this internship, I learned how to be fearless,” said Nikki Allen, of The Bronx, one of five college and high-school students picked to participate in a collaboration between the organization Girls Who Code and AOL’s youth-entertainment site, Cambio.

“I learned how to work with a team in a professional environment,” she told The Post on Sunday

Allen, a senior at the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science, said she realized her dream job was to work in cybersecurity after interning over the summer with Cambio to redesign its site. The revamped site is set to launch Monday.

The other interns were Natasha Driver, Lily Yuan, Michelle Polton-Simo and Roxy Banik.

Girls Who Code, a nonprofit, aims to teach a million women to code by 2020.

During the six-month project, the girls focused on two Cambio projects: developing a “Celebspiration” photo and writing section and creating a platform called “Col[lab]” that encourages young women to write articles for the site.

“We wanted to create a place where young women could create a place to learn about all the things they’re interested in,” said Nisha Dua, general manager of Cambio.

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