Our Founder: Elif Sena Aydın

Elif Sena Aydın is a young social entrepreneur from Istanbul committed to advancing equitable access to technology education. She founded NexifyLab to ensure that young people—regardless of background—can develop the digital skills, confidence, and agency needed to shape their futures.

 

Growing up in Istanbul and attending public school, Sena developed an early interest in technology, but access often felt distant and exclusive. Coding, project development, and innovation seemed reserved for students in different cities, schools, or circumstances. That perception changed when she made a simple but decisive choice: to become part of the world she once felt excluded from.

Her journey deepened through technical training at Deneyap Turkey, where she learned coding, systems design, and project development. Yet as her skills grew, so did her awareness of inequality. Many young people around her remained disconnected from technology—not because of a lack of talent, but because they lacked access to resources, particularly English-language materials.

This realisation became the foundation of NexifyLab.