Journey Into Tech as an Immigrant Woman of Color

We welcome Sonia Karkare to Akron Women in Tech! She will be talking about her personal journey of an immigrant woman of color in tech, illustrating her trials, triumphs, tips and tricks to navigate unchartered waters across 3 different continents, bringing in perspectives across leadership, global contexts, and digital transformation.

Sonia Karkare is a Kent State University alumna (BS '93, MS '96) and has worked on three continents, served in one of the largest nonprofits in the U.S. that leads global digital transformations in the humanitarian sector, promoted women in STEM fields and worked as a professor, a public speaker and a philanthropist.