May 13Member-onlyHow to Persevere in Non-Inclusive SpacesIncreasing the Black representation in Tech — “I was really questioning: Do I belong here? Can I make it in this environment? And I was walking through the yard in the evening [on Harvard campus] and a Black woman I did not know was passing me on the sidewalk and she looked at me and I guess…Diversity In Tech8 min read
Dec 30, 2020Member-onlyThe ‘Non-Traditional’ Path into TechHow to leverage your experience to pivot into a tech role — Recently, I questioned why it is conventional for those with graduate degrees to declare it in their titles, but not those with undergraduate degrees. In my family, it is a great feat for me to have graduated from college considering I am the first woman to have the opportunity. In…Tech8 min read
Nov 3, 2020Member-onlyThe Emergence of BlackTIDESTechnology, Informatics, Data, Epidemiology, Social Science — Social media has become a platform for social activism and unification by centralizing users on a single message decorated with a pound sign— a hashtag. Most notably is the #BlackTechTwitter created by Pariss Athena which manifested a community of previously siloed Black professionals in tech. One tweet, “What does Black…Tech3 min read
Published in The Startup·Sep 9, 2020Member-onlyDeath By Bias. How Algorithms Systemize Discriminatory Practices.Empowering Data Literacy within the Black community — Google advertisements and Netflix recommendations have brought more widespread awareness of algorithms, and how they learn from our behaviours. You may have experienced eerily relevant advertisements pop-up on your feed after googling an item (or even just talking about it). As users of data-collecting applications, our identifying information and behaviours…Data6 min read
Published in The Startup·Aug 3, 2020Member-onlyHow I Made It Into My Dream Company in 3 Years. (These Are the Lessons I Learned.)I made the decision to pursue a career in data at the end of 2017 at my kitchen table in near tears; I was scared to enter a field with such a high barrier-to-entry. Not to mention the statistics showed tech was not a place for me — a first-generation…Data Science8 min read
