Role Models features interviews with women in tech—developers, designers, and product managers sharing their career journeys.
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Today’s Tech Role Model is Brook Shelley. Brook lives in Emeryville, CA, with her cat, Snorri, and works for Slack. Her writing has appeared in Queer Quarrels, The Toast, Lean Out, Transfigure, and the Oregon Journal of the Humanities. She speaks at conferences on queer and trans issues, and is chair of the board of…
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Today’s Role Model is Rebecca Poulson. Rebecca studied art history and creative writing in college and then spent her early career writing and directing plays. She found herself being drawn towards technology enabled experiences and interactives. Then she started coding more seriously and worked as an engineer at Kickstarter for a couple years. In her…
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Today’s Tech Role Model is Mike Hamilton. Currently, Mike is a Senior Customer Support Manager at FiscalNote, a DC-based software, data, and media company. Mike always preferred opportunities to work with people, especially when he got to teach or make something better. He initially pursued a career in public education but took a detour to…
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Today’s Role Model is Maria Schreiber. As a child, she made her own websites in middle school and took computer science classes in high school. Prior to her tech career, Maria was a high school biology teacher who sometimes also taught math. Inspired by some of her students who curious about coding, she began taking…
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Today’s Role Model is Bushra Mahmood. Bushra got her start in tech nearly a decade ago working in motion graphics and visual effects. She produced punk shows in Canada and worked on documentaries as a teen, which is where she developed her design and motion skills. She started doing motion graphics for advertising agencies and…