Frances Coronel is a Software Engineer at Slack where she specializes in Customer Acquisition. We talk about her work on the open-source project to list tech apprenticeships. Frances helps run Techqueria, a nonprofit that serves the largest community of Latinx in Tech. We talk about lowering barriers in tech and how many D&I initiatives fail. I mention in the episode learning the ketchup story from this podcast about how Leslie Miley went from being a college dropout to Twitter’s only black engineer in a leadership position.

Frances can be found at:

twitter: @fvcproductions

website:  https://fvcproductions.com/

tech queens podcast: https://fvcproductions.com/podcast/

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Eliza Barrios is an IT Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation, helping to make free knowledge available to anyone, everywhere. She is also a practicing artist.  We talk about how satisfying it is to empower her colleagues to solve problems and how she integrates her art into a technical space.

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Camille Mathieu is an Information Science Specialist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her focus is on knowledge management, metadata development and standardization, intranet search improvement, and internal information organization.

We talk about how she uses her Masters in Library and Information Science to capture, organize and search the enormous amount of data created by the scientists at JPL.

twitter: @searchbrarian

linkedin: camillemathieu

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Brendan Adkins is a senior web and mobile developer currently with ThinkShout, a Portland-based agency focusing on inclusive, accessible sites for progressive and advocacy organizations. We talk about the challenges of an agency, the importance of working on what you value and figuring out your career path. He even turns the tables on me to talk about how I went from art school to engineering.

You can’t find him on social media, but you can reach out via email b at brendanadkins.com. You can also hear him in his comedy podcast all the way from 2009, Children’s Hour of Knowledge.

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Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’. She is also the founder of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community and podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software. Tanya has been coding and working in IT for over twenty years, won numerous awards, and has been everywhere from startups to public service to tech giants (Microsoft, Adobe, & Nokia). Accordingly, she has worn many hats; startup founder, pentester, CISO, AppSec Engineer, and software developer. An award-winning public speaker, active blogger and streamer, she has delivered hundreds of talks and trainings on 6 continents. She values diversity, inclusion and kindness, which shines through in her countless initiatives.

Founder: We Hack Purple (Academy, Community and Podcast), WoSEC International (Women of Security), OWASP DevSlop, OWASP Victoria, #CyberMentoringMonday

twitter: @shehackspurple

dev.to: shehackspurple

medium: @shehackspurple

youtube: shehackspurple

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Erin Scott is a software developer for RS21, a big data visualization company in Albuquerque, NM. She is a hot yoga enthusiast and big proponent of diversity in tech. If you want to work with her you can apply here.  You can also reach Erin directly at erinscottabq or @dot_of_scott

We talk about being a being a career changer, having a positive impact with her work, how to choose the right bootcamp and much more!

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Taye Johnson is a Tech Educator that seeks to satisfy the curiosity of those who want to learn more about tech, but who do not know where to begin. She is a proud introvert who spends most of her time immersed in a sea of data. Her love of data has propelled her on her mission to educate the masses. We talk about the biggest technology challenges facing nonprofits and how she helps solve them. She can be reached at www.linkedin.com/in/taye

This episode includes a disclaimer about an organization. As promised, you can find more information here.

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Nina Kin has worked in the government as a technologist for 12 years, ever since graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. She is heavily involved in the volunteer civic tech space and in improving the way government does technology. In addition, she serves as the co-captain of Hack for LA, a member of the National Advisory Council for Code For America‘s Brigade Network, and a newly elected member of the SoCal ACLU. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @ninakin9.

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Katy Bowman (@k80bowman) works as a developer with Sparkbox, a web development agency that focuses on working with clients to build a better web. Before becoming a developer, she worked as a freelance writer and editor and before that as a community and regional planner. We talk about the challenges and joys of being a consultant and how to have a successful apprentice program.

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Espree Devora is an entrepreneur who creates offline experiences for LA Tech professionals. She is also a podcast host and producer for both WeAreLATech and Women in Tech, and a well-known connector and leader in the LA tech community. We talk about how to avoid burnout, hire engineers as a founder, build a successful podcast and get the notoriously flaky Angelinos to attend events. You can find her on Twitter @espreedevora

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