Kimberly Bryant
“ She has set an ambitious target to teach a million black girls to code by 2040 ”
Ellen Pao
TOP 100 WOMEN
Pao speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San
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Kimberly Bryant
Founder
Black Girls Code
Kimberly Bryant is an electrical engineer , but that alone is not enough to get her into a prime spot in this list . For that , we look to her tireless campaign to provide technology and programming education to girls of colour via her Black Girls Code foundation . Bryant got the idea when her daughter wanted to learn programming . In her search for courses , she found the same lack of diversity that had made her feel isolated during her own studies . She set an ambitious target to teach a million black girls to code by 2040 . Black Girls Code now has seven chapters in the US and one in South Africa .
“ She has set an ambitious target to teach a million black girls to code by 2040 ”
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Ellen Pao
CEO
Project Include
Ellen Pao is one of the foremost voices in the tech industry arguing for inclusive workforces . One of her most prominent prior roles was as CEO of social news platform Reddit , her tenure ending in controversy over the banning of communities deemed to be fostering hate . She has since been critical of the site , describing it as ‘ amplifying hate , racism and violence '. Currently , she is an investor and CEO of non-profit Project Include which strives for data-driven diversity recommendations .
26 March 2021