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Adriana Gascoigne, Founder of Girls in Tech

By amanda klassen on February 2, 2020 Adriana Gascoigne is the founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, a not-for-profit organization that aims to put an end to gender inequality in the technology sector. While Girls in Tech was initially founded in 2007 in San Francisco, it has since grown to include chapters in 33 countries around […]

Khan Academy- Sal Khan

Original Post by: Justin Bolivar June 10, 2017 Sal Khan and his venture Khan Academy has a mission to “provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.” They are a non-profit organization based out of the Bay Area that offers “practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard” as well as a variety of […]

Zachary Sims – Codecademy

Zachary Sims – Codecademy

By Ying Gu on May 28, 2019 Codecademy is an online platform that offers a variety of online coding classes to anyone wanting to learn. It offers classes on a variety of coding languages (Python, HTML, etc.), for the complete newbie or for someone looking for a skills upgrade. The lessons are interactive and invites users to […]

Hadi Partovi: Code.org

Hadi Partovi: Code.org

(Co-) Founder: Hadi Partovi Hadi Partovi was born and grew up in Tehran, Iran, and immigrated to the United States where his self-taught computer programming skills helped pay his way through college. Later, he graduated from Harvard with a Masters in CS, and started work with Microsoft. Hadi has been an early advisor and investor […]

Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Brandon Lloyd – Zoobean (Makers of Beanstacks)

Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Brandon Lloyd – Zoobean (Makers of Beanstacks)

Zoobean, a discovery platform and service that curates book and app selections for each individual child. This app allows a family, a school or a library (each with their own unique platform) to design reading challenges based on having participants log their reading, complete activities, and/ or post reviews. As noted on their website, Zoobean […]

Clorama Dorvilias, Debias VR

Clorama Dorvilias, Debias VR

Clorama Dorvilias, Founder and CEO, Debias VR By Mel on January 30, 2020 Debias VR is a company that creates gamified immersive experiences to combat racial and gender biases. The company was launched after Clorama Dorvilias and Jessica Outlaw won a 2017 Oculus Launch Pad scholarship* for developing the immersive experience now known as Teacher’s […]