The gap between my experience as a black woman in tech, and what others perceive of that experience.

In an industry where black, Latina, and indigenous womyn make up less than 3% of the field, we know that walking through those code school doors, we will be outliers.

In computer science classrooms across high schools and universities, minorities are excluded and exit early in the pipeline.

Should industry be allowed to dictate our school curriculums?

While some code schools are intentionally predatory institutions, many more simply recycle the tired tropes and biased practices rampant in startup culture.

Hardware is too often ignored when it comes to improving inclusivity.

The commoditization of diversity in tech.

Having more white women attendees at a conference this year than last is hardly diverse, and hardly a reason to celebrate diversity when Black people and Latinxs still make up only 5% of people in tech.

Most “get into tech” programs are only accessible to computer science students and rich people. The rest of us are left behind.

Every step along the way, exclusionary hurdles are introduced to limit the candidate pool.