Slides from a talk I presented to 100+ Grade 7 & 8 female students at Grand River Collegiate, the high school I attended, on Women in Technology and STEM participation.
got my first computer in 1988 • I built my first web page in 1996 • I got my first email address in 1998 • I am diversity advocate and champion • I’m especially interested in digital accessibility and women in technology • I teach Web Foundations at Conestoga • I’ve travelled to Kathmandu and Indonesia to train web development to not for profits • I have co-founded Hackademy and Hive Waterloo Region • I receive 40 under 40 for my work in building online communities • I was in Ms. Watters’ wedding party and she’s the godmother of my daughters
Code Like A Girl • We are a publication on Medium.com • Almost 19k subscribers and now in the Medium top 100 • We celebrate the changing perceptions of women in technology • I recently wrote an article “Will you Help Us Build Our Community” • I went to Grand River – GO RENS
Godmother of the Web • Champion of the Open Web • Written 35+ books on the web • Invited Expert @ W3C • Worked with Microsoft, AOL, eBay, BBC and many more