This is a feminist issue considering hackathon practices prevent the growth of a diverse, critical tech sphere.

Any contribution I make will either be ignored or exploited to sell their idyllic, inactive intellectualism.

I still can’t see myself in role models or dream jobs.

If programs to get youth into tech are adding an extra layer of difficulty for young people, rather than improving their lives, why would they enter and stay?

In the current discussion on diversity and STEM, as with so many diversity initiatives, disability is usually excluded or thought of purely in terms of accessibility or accommodations.

College campuses can, and should, do a better job of advocating for their students, staff and faculty with disabilities.

I look around and I see my friends building technologies that make life easier for abusers. I am overwhelmingly sad thinking of all the people whose lives have been made orders of magnitude more hellish carrying ever-connected computers on their bodies.

We caught up about their work, black men in tech, how to make your own podcast, and where the future of tech is going.