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" I was doing a lot of networking in the Valley, and I found that it was not a very diverse environment, and most of the conferences and meetup events I went to, there weren't many women or people of color in those rooms. "

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

Kimberly Bryant

Faith

Diversity

Effort

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 understand bringing girls into the tech space is about giving them skills to create social impact and change in their community. "

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

" It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom. "

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

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

Kimberly Bryant

College

Law

" Although we use a lot of technology and consume a lot of technology as people of color, we're usually not the ones at the tables doing the creating of it. "

" Our goal is to really have young women of color embrace the tech marketplace and the tech innovation space as both leaders and creators. "

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

" Our camps and workshops offer a space where girls of color can learn computer science and coding principles alongside their peers, with mentorship from female role models who have established themselves in tech fields where women, and minority women in particular, tend to be underrepresented. "

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

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's not enough said about the beauty of being able to focus on what you do well. "

" If I understood the great opportunities that are available to women and underrepresented minorities in the field of tech I would have made the transition from traditional engineering to the technology field much earlier in my career. "

" 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. "

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

" Some of the perceptions from my professors were that I was less than or that I wouldn't be able to compete or wouldn't be able to meet the same bar as my peers. I don't want that for my daughter or for any of the girls who come into our program. "

" 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. "