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" By reaching out to the community through workshops, hackathons, and after-school programs, Black Girls Code introduces computer programming and technology to girls from underrepresented communities. "

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" I think that if companies build for diversity from the beginning from the ground up, that's definitely the ideal state for how to build diversity into your company. "

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" I didn't want my daughter to feel culturally isolated in the pursuit of her studies as I had as a young girl. I didn't want her to give up on her passions just because she didn't see anyone else like her in the classroom. "

" While there should be collective efforts to increase tech inclusion overall, the industry must work to specifically attract and retain women of color. "

" We need to really focus on getting this digital equity across the board in all of our public school systems, for both girls and boys. "

" If technology is designed mostly by white males, who make up roughly half our population, we're missing out on the innovation, solutions, and creativity that a broader pool of talent can bring to the table. "

" Gender is not central to coding. "

" When I started Black Girls Code in 2011, there weren't any programs that had a foundation in communities of color to teach our kids about technology. "

" I hope to literally change the world with Black Girls Code by changing the paradigm which produces the current monolithic ecosystem in technology. "

" I'm horrendous at capturing a decent selfie. "

" If people are not tied to the work from a mission-driven focus, I don't think you're going to motivate them. "

" I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college. "

Kimberly Bryant

College

Law

" You cannot possibly be reaching the needs of your consumers when the makeup of your company is not reflective of the community you serve. "

" Girls are almost always socialized to be perfect: 'Smile, do well in school, don't take too many risks.' "

" My first introduction to computers and computer programming came during my freshman year of college. I majored in electrical engineering with a minor in computer science, so I learned during my required courses at Vanderbilt University. "

" We are not generally included in that narrative - people of color - definitely, women of color don't normally fit that narrative that has been built around the whole image and the whole story of the Silicon Valley. "

" Women and girls are naturally agents of change. If we teach one girl to code, she will go on to teach more - we've seen this in our own programs and workshops around the country. "

" I don't think quotas are necessarily an evil. I think when we look at industry in general back to the '60s and the '50s, the way more diverse people like my dad and mom's generation were able to break into industry was because of affirmation action, because of quotas. "

" The images you see in media are vital to impacting not just what the world sees in terms of who can be a computer scientist, who can be techie, who can be a geek or who can be a creator; it also impacts the girls and what they internalize. "

" We like to say we hope to be like the Girl Scouts of technology, having many different chapters in many different states as well as many different countries. "

Kimberly Bryant

Girl

Hope

" Few of my classmates looked like me. While we shared similar aspirations and many good times, there's much to be said for making any challenging journey with people of the same cultural background. "

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People

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" Women are both talented and innovative thinkers and tend to use computer science as a tool to solve larger problems. "

" I grew up in a close-knit community where I was expected to excel, and it was a different experience when I got to the university. There were very few students of color, and those numbers were extremely low in the school of engineering. "

" I do believe that most startups who develop applications and digital products design 'towards the middle.' By this, I mean they design their products to reach the broadest consumer base possible, which is a sound strategy in some respects. "

" We want to teach girls of color the skills they need and create a diversity of voices into the tech community. "

" We're creating this new breed of techies who are going to be the ones starting the tech companies of the future. "

" I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones. "

" We need to have women as role models, both inside and outside corporate America's leading tech companies, leading the path for other women. "

" I did not grow up around computers, so technology was not a tool used every day in my household. I was drawn to computer science due to the creative nature of programming and the technology focus. "

" As a little girl growing up in the Deep South, my mother told me that my future lay in my education. And she was right. "

" It's critical for girls to see role models like myself that are in technical fields. Looking for ways to come in as speakers or do a career day, or just find a way to connect with students or invite students to their workplaces to shadow them for the day... is critically important. "