Speaker

Los Angeles, CA November 21, 2015
Learning from Gay Straight Alliances to Diversify Tech

The tech world can learn from social justice advocates such as myself to increase diversity. I’m a leader of a Gender Sexuality Alliance club from my Community College in rural Southern California. The movement to diversify tech has fallen short probably since the industry is not inclusive. I have experienced a similar environment coming from a conservative town but I survived by creating a GSA club and collaborating with a local LGBT Center all to support queer/trans* youth. Recently I graduated from a coding bootcamp. As a junior developer, I will draw from my social justice skills to critique and to improve the tech industry.