TechWomen

Impact Stories

• Fellow(s): Mercedes Soria and Anar Simpson

  Title: Special Advisor, Vice President of Software Engineering

  Company: Knightscope, Mozilla

  Mentorship Type: Impact

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

  TechWomen was well represented by mentors and past and present fellows at the Grace Hopper Celebration, which was held in Orlando, FL by AnitaB.org. Marie Claire Murekatete, 2014 fellow of Rwanda, was honored with the Change Agent ABIE Award and TechWomen mentor, Mercedes Soria, was honored with the Leadership ABIE Award. Anar Simpson, also a TechWomen mentor, moderated a panel that featured both Marie Claire and Mercedes. 2017 Emerging Leader from Kenya, Chao Mgobo, was also honored at the event as a winner of a Systers Pass It On award, which honors Anita Borg’s desire to create a network of women technologists helping one another. Chao presented about a mentorship program she created to encourage more female students to join and stay in the field of computer science.

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  Report Date: 10/2/2017

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  Fellow(s): Leedjia Svec

  Title: Director of Military Programs

  Company: NASA Ames Research Center

  Mentorship Type: Cultural

  Policy Area(s): Professional Growth

  TechWomen mentor Leedjia Svec of NASA was honored at the 4th Annual Global Women in STEM (WiSTEM) Conference on September 11. The WiSTEM Conference Awards is an annual initiative to establish, recognize, honor and promote outstanding contributions women make to the scientific and technological communities that improve and evolve our society. Leedjia received the Woman STEM Influencer of the Year award for her work with the TechWomen program and at NASA.

  WiSTEM is an initiative of Menina Kaj Femme, a public charity founded by TechWomen mentor Meera Kaul to nurture the social, economic and intellectual potential of women.

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  Report Date: 9/11/2017