While Dominique Malonga Plays For The Seattle Storm, She’s Also Studying Computer Science – AfroTech
Dominique Malonga is a WNBA player who is interested in launching an app in the future.
Malonga, a Cameroon native raised in France, was drafted by the Seattle Storm as the second pick in the first round. She previously played with ASVEL Féminin in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the French national team at age 16, Women’s Health reports.
She already made her mark in the WNBA as the youngest to record a double-double and achieve 100 career points, not to mention her ability to dunk, according to a press release. Her career is already promising, but Malonga is also making sure she invests in her future in more ways than just on the court.
Women’s Health reports that she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Southern New Hampshire University. She was good at math and science in school, and she sees a pursuit in tech as timely and relevant. She enrolled in an online program that will take five to six years to complete.
“We don’t even understand how it’s going to be in the next five or 10 years,” Malonga told Women’s Health. “I want to be able to navigate that as I am leaving my print in basketball, and also leave my print in the world tomorrow.”
Malonga also intends to build an app, but she is still deciding and not settled on what it will address, which features it will include, or whether it will be sports-related. For now, she is focused on reaching the finish line in her program, which she is just starting and only been in for six weeks.
Her online program schedule starts with weekly modules on Wednesdays, and assignments are due by Sunday. Most recently, she studied the digital community and navigating online spaces, per Women’s Health.
“We have to read a lot of articles and use the resources and then write about that,” she explained, according to the outlet. “That’s a lot. I’m like, ‘OK, where’s the maths?’ I want to calculate something.”
Malonga also noted that her basketball career has been helpful in school, as conversations arise around growth mindset, overcoming obstacles, and setting goals.
“That’s exactly what I do every day. So that’s really easy, to have that experience,” she said, according to the outlet.
