Name: Wisdom from Black Women in Tech: A Panel Discussion
Start: 2019-03-13T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2019-03-13T20:30:00-04:00
Location: ISL (iStrategyLabs)

Big thank you, Palantir, for providing food for this meetup! https://www.palantir.com/careers/

Join WWC and Black Code Collective for a panel discussion with Black women in tech. These 6 women have had very different journeys to get to where they're at and equally varied goals on where they want to go next. Join us to hear their lessons, stories and triumphs and wisdom!

SaBra Neal:
Sabra was the first African American Ph.D. Graduate from the School of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech.

Alexis Moody:
Alexis is a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Contactually where she works in Ruby on Rails and React every day. She became a developer through Dev Bootcamp Chicago, graduating in October 2015. Prior to working in the tech industry she was a theatrical lighting designer in the midwest. In Alexis' spare time she volunteers as the Director of IT for the International Quidditch Association, travels as much as possible, plays a variety of video games with her fiancé, and watches/analyzes anything produced by the Walt Disney Company.

Labrina Loving:
Labrina is a Senior Software Engineer for Microsoft, and she gained an Industrial and Operational degree from the University of Michigan.

Lentie Ward:
Lentie majored in IT with a concentration in Web Development at George Mason ; Graphic Design & Business minor. Currently still working at Blue State Digital.

Lisa Blunt:
Lisa is a federal IT consultant and front-end software engineer. She comes from a non-traditional technology background, having earned a degree in Literatures and Cultures in English from Brown University. Lisa discovered her passion for technology by taking an English course called “Electronic Media” where her capstone project was to build a website from scratch. Lisa is a recipient of The Apex Society’s Power 30 Under 30™ Award in Science and Technology.

Sarah Williams:
Sarah Williams, is a blerd born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and Currently, reside in Washington, D.C

She has spent the last ten years of her life being in the tech industry doing tech-related consultant work for numerous companies. A couple of years ago, she started teaching herself how to code and build websites. Using this knowledge, she started her own web agency, SLW Digital, building sites for black creatives and industry professionals. She has garnished a following on Twitter with her blog series #WordPressWednesday, which give reviews and advice on all things WordPress. Sarah was recently featured on the the list of 200 Black Women in Tech to Follow on Twitter. When she not posting about coding or building websites, she's winning staring matches with her cat, and enjoys watching a good sci-fi and fantasy drama.

*Agenda*
6:30-700: Mingle
700-8:15 Panel Discussion
8:15-8:30 Close out

Thank you so much to Planatir for hosting this meetup, and to ISL for hosting the event.

*Code of Conduct*

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