Kimberly Bryant is the Founder and Executive Director of Black Girls CODE, a non-profit organization focused on introducing girls of color (ages 7-17) to the field of technology and computer...
Champions of Change: Tech Inclusion
The White House honors eleven Americans who are doing extraordinary things to expand technology opportunities for young learners—especially minorities, women and girls, and others from communities historically underserved or underrepresented in tech fields.
Carlos Bueno is an engineer at Facebook, where his job is making systems better by making them simpler. Carlos is the author of "Lauren Ipsum", a children's novel that teaches fundamentals of...
Jeffries Epps is the Director of Information Technology for Richmond County Schools in Hamlet, North Carolina. He has dedicated his 21 year career to improving K-12 education via technology. Since...
Ruthe Farmer is the Director of Strategic Initiatives, National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT). Ruthe has focused her efforts on increasing girls’ participation in technology and engineering...
Theresa Freet currently organizes Developers for Good, a community of technologists volunteering their skills on technology projects for nonprofit organizations. She also manages the social impact...
Kathryn Finney is the founder and Managing Director of digitalundivided (DID), a social enterprise that develops initiatives that increase the active participation of urban communities, especially...
Rebecca Garcia is a Co-Founder of CoderDojo NYC, part of the global CoderDojo movement of free coding clubs for youth. She advocates for STEM education to bring about social and economic equality...
Kevin Mitchell is the lead volunteer for ScriptEd, a non-profit that empowers students in low-income communities to become creators of technology by offering computer programming classes free of...
Deena Pierott is the Founder and Executive Director of the iUrban Teen program, a program that exposes “non-traditional” STEM learners to career opportunities while encouraging high school...
Seth Reichelson, is a Teacher at Lake Brantley High School who has developed a national reputation for his outstanding ability to recruit and retain a diverse set of high school computer science...
Dr. Cheryl A. Swanier is an associate professor in Fort Valley State University’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Dr. Swanier conducts research in Human Computer Interaction with...