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Alexis Hancock

Passionate digital humanist and Black feminist who often searches for solutions through their first love, technology. She has a background in web development, community organizing, racial economic disparity research, and education media. Her dream job is to one day become a Civic CTO. She has a BS in Media Arts and Technology from RIT and an MS in Organizational Change Management from The New School.

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How The Rhetoric of Imposter Syndrome Is Used to Gaslight Women in Tech

The overwhelming focus on imposter syndrome doesn’t provide a space to process the power dynamics affecting you; you get gaslighted into thinking it’s *you* causing all the problems.