Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Myra Nawabi

  Country: United States

  Region: US

  Project/Action: Mentor named business leader of the year

  Title: Senior Project Engineer

  Company: Lockheed Martin

  Mentorship Type: Impact

  Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls, Professional Growth

  Longtime TechWomen mentor Myra Nawabi was named Business Leader of the Year at the inaugural Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley held last week in San Francisco. The event is part of the Women in IT Awards Series, a program that holds events in Ireland, London, New York and Singapore. The awards aim to rectify the gender imbalance in tech through showcasing women who pave the way for gender equality and serve as role models for women entering technology fields.
  Myra, a senior project engineer, was recognized for her outstanding business leadership at Lockheed Martin. “This was an amazing event, and I am truly humbled by the recognition,” she said. “My grandmother never got the opportunity to read or write. While her dreams were cut short, her granddaughter gets to live her dreams of space every day. I get to build satellites and empower other women to pursue their own dreams.”
  Myra has been a part of the TechWomen mentor community since 2013, serving as a Cultural Mentor, Impact Coach and member of Emerging Leader selection committees.

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  Report Date: 12/3/18

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  Fellow(s): Natalya Tyudina

  Country: Tajikistan

  Region: CA

  Cohort: 2018

  Project/Action: Fellow launches coding school for local youth

  Policy Area(s): Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Empowering Women and Girls, Professional Growth, Youth Engagement

  2018 fellow of Tajikistan Natalya Tyudina recently launched ilmhona, a non-profit initiative with a mission to increase digital literacy among youth in Tajikistan. The pilot project, which will begin in January, recently began accepting applications and will select 20 girls and 20 boys to begin a three-month coding curriculum. The program will include HTML and CSS training and a course on Android application development.
  After successfully completing the course, students will have the opportunity to participate in a one-month internship during which they will develop projects to tackle social challenges in Tajikistan. The ilmhona team is first launching the initiative in the capital city of Dushanbe, and Natalya hopes to expand into other cities in the near future.

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  Report Date: 12/3/18