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" We understand bringing girls into the tech space is about giving them skills to create social impact and change in their community. "
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. "
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" I hope to literally change the world with Black Girls Code by changing the paradigm which produces the current monolithic ecosystem in technology. "
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" 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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" While there is still certainly much more work that needs to be done, Lyft actually believes in increasing diversity and inclusion within their workforce, and also, they believe in being a strong supporter of that in the community. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" Girls are almost always socialized to be perfect: 'Smile, do well in school, don't take too many risks.' "
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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'm looking to see more women of color not only in companies in technology, but also creating companies. "
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" You can absolutely be what you can't see! That's what innovators and disruptors do. "
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" 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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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" When you've already experienced great challenges in your career, it gives minor setbacks a different perspective. "
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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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" 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. "
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" As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode. "
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" 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. "
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" One of the biggest lessons that we hope to model for several folks, including some of the young women of color who come to me, is the value of understanding your worth, standing up, and demanding the best for yourself and not taking less. "
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" 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. "
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