Learner Story

Online degree programs like the University of Michigan’s Master of Public Health (MPH) in Population and Health Sciences bring together learners from around the nation, and from a wide range of professional backgrounds, who are seeking to create a healthier world through research, education, and practice. As a student in this program, you’re trained to…

New study uncovers challenges, best practices, and promise of online learning to create more opportunity for women and underserved populations in the post-pandemic economy  By Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera In partnership with IFC and the European Commission, I am pleased to announce our global study on women and online learning in emerging markets.…

Anisa Ray, MCIT ’22, studied rhetoric in college and then worked as a test prep teacher, getting students ready to ace their graduate school entrance exams. Today, she’s a newly minted graduate of the online Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT Online) from University of Pennsylvania and a software engineer at Palo Alto Networks,…

Karim Makisig “Maki” Villano studied electrical engineering as an undergraduate. He took on various IT roles over the last two decades and is currently a senior solutions architect at an IT services company. He soon became drawn to data science, recognizing that it was a growing field with high demand for skilled practitioners. Maki felt…

After graduating with her bachelor’s in psychology, Mattison Hineline moved to Málaga, Spain, to teach English. During the pandemic, she started taking programming classes online and became increasingly intrigued by the stats and graphs being used to track COVID-19’s impact. As her interest in data and programming grew, Mattison began to think about the possibilities…

Meet Yesha! After four years in the financial services sector, Yesha wanted to do something else that appealed to her true passion for design. But she has no educational or professional experience in the field of design. To overcome this, she enrolled in the Google Career Certificate program and began building a foundational knowledge in…

Jaina Bellanca describes herself as a self-driven person. She likes to “set ambitious goals and achieve them,” and it’s this mindset that drives her to keep acquiring new skills and knowledge. She’s long been an active learner, earning an associate’s degree in 2014 and taking courses on Coursera in her free time in more recent…

We recently spent time talking with Christin, a Coursera learner based in Lebanon. Medicine is her lifelong dream and passion, and she’s currently a fourth-year medical student at Beirut Arab University. Her long-term goal is to be a neurosurgeon and researcher within the field of neuroscience. Coursera has become an important part of her learning…

Meet Munifa! She’s a passionate STEM learner who’s living her dream of working in the IT industry. She’s grateful for the support she’s received along her journey, and she’s excited to inspire other women to pursue their dreams of building rewarding technology careers. Hi, my name is Munifa. I started learning on Coursera to build…

Meet Ana Said. She’s an entrepreneur who built and operated her own business for almost a decade. She achieved her success through hard work and a willingness to learn on the job. This commitment to learning new skills was particularly important, given that she’d launched her business before earning a bachelor’s degree. Despite her achievements,…