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Things I care about: Equality. Education. Entrepreneurship. Technology.
Five years ago, the co-founder of BlackStarMedia quit her corporate gig because she wasn't solving the problems that were most relevant to her. At the time, Tiffany Mikell was working as a software engineer for a Big 4 consulting firm, where she was building enterprise applications for consumer goods conglomerates generating billions of dollars annually.
If you haven't read an article, attended a panel discussion or at the very least read a tweet on the topic of "diversity in technology" or "diversity in entrepreneurship" in the last year - you're probably living under a rock. It's a topic that is now receiving attention from technology companies, non-profits, venture capitalists, reverends, entertainers and more.
This past November I overheard one of my good geek friends mention . The inner geek in me was at attention. ...a hackathon? ...to support transgender advocacy? ...coming to Chicago?? ...where do I sign up??? Hours later an email from Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler was in my inbox.