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" For me, as a woman in one of the less diverse fields - electrical engineering, which is what I studied in college - it was hard to persist and really build a career. Some of the things I experienced were really scary, and they weren't experiences that I wanted for my daughter. "

Kimberly Bryant

Woman

College

Daughter

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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. "

" Jobs in technology have the rapidest rate of growth. The need for computer science is so incredibly large, and it's important that girls of all colors have the opportunity to move into that field. "

" 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. "

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

" We want to create a community of girls who will be empowered to become catalysts for transformation in their communities. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" I had originally wanted to be a lawyer. Even when I went to college and majored in engineering, I still thought I'd get a law degree. Then I started taking electrical engineering classes where I saw some of the innovation happening around computers and solid-state technology in the mid '80s. "

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

" You can absolutely be what you can't see! That's what innovators and disruptors do. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Gender is not central to coding. "

" I don't think that the trickle-down theory of diversity ever really works. "

" 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. "

" Girls who participate in Black Girls Code think of themselves as leaders. "

" 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. "

" As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode. "

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

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

" 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. "

Kimberly Bryant

Beginning

Think

" We really pride ourselves on the notion that what makes our program special is that we really do our very best to make sure that everything we do is culturally responsive and relevant. "

" When you've already experienced great challenges in your career, it gives minor setbacks a different perspective. "

" 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 want to see companies making a good faith effort and putting some tangible initiatives behind their pledge for diversity. "

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