Meet MLH's Top Hackers of 2025!
Major League Hacking (MLH) is built to empower hackers, helping early career technologists get the skills they need to be successful in their future, all while having fun, learning, building, and sharing. Today, MLH works with 1 in 3 CS majors in the United States and 150,000+ hackers worldwide. Meet some of the members of our community who inspire our work. Read more →
Afonne CID, 28
Afonne CID is a resilient, self-taught MLH Fellow and Open Source Contributor from a remote Nigerian village who launched his tech career by learning to code on Mavis Beacon software before owning a computer. After joining the ALX SE program and initially being rejected, he was accepted into the Spring 2024 MLH Fellowship, which proved to be a pivotal experience. His contributions to OpenStack Ironic during the fellowship led to a contract position with G-Research's Open Source Software team, and he has since become a Core Reviewer for the project. Now serving as an MLH mentor for the Spring 2025 cohort, Afonne's "grass-to-grace" journey demonstrates how dedication and community support can lead to significant achievements in the Open Source world.
Who are these hackers?
These hackers are people who have stood out from the crowd and done something exceptional within the hacker community. Whether they were creating an event to bring tech education to their area, working to make the tech world more inclusive, or programming a project with a positive impact on society, they have all inspired us. Like you, they are students or recent graduates who are using their knowledge to make the world a better place.