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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Kimberly Bryant

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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. "

" I believe it is incredibly important for women and people of color to become the builders and creators in technology. In order to do so, we need to know how to code or, at least, know the language of coding - what I like to call 'code speak.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Technology is a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives, and the accompanying geeky lexicon has infiltrated every facet of our modern day society. "

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

" 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'm horrendous at capturing a decent selfie. "

" 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. "

" For me, if a company is really committed to diversity, that means everything. That means gender diversity, that means sexual orientation for me, that means race, ethnicity. "

Kimberly Bryant

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Gender

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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" I definitely think there needs to be more of a focus and movement on getting coding taught in schools. There's really only so much after-school programs like Black Girls Code can do to really drive that change. And those classes shouldn't only take place in high school. We should make sure that we teach kids about coding at an early age. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Technology can be biased in how it's developed if coders aren't careful. There are apps that are clearly made by companies with no people of color on their team. "

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

" 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. "

Kimberly Bryant

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Good Times

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "