Gulnaz Kordanova, Master’s in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is a founder and the CEO of the NGO Connect-Ed.kz which works to bridge the digital divide through the collection and distribution of laptops and other equipment among schoolchildren in need. Connect-ed also offers schoolchildren, parents, and seniors digital literacy courses, so they can improve their digital literacy skills to receive a quality education, find jobs and increase the quality of their lives. With Connect-Ed.kz Gulnaz and her team, to date, helped more than 1000 children to receive access to equipment, distributed 230 devices, and more than 150 students and parents participated in digital literacy courses across Kazakhstan. As a Cheng Fellow, Gulnaz aims to build on this impact and scale the work of Connect-Ed