We were able to go from only 1 female student to 15 in an Emerging Technologies course the very next semester after the training. A year later, we awarded almost half of our 43 Video Game Design & Development certificates to women. In fact, we're one of the programs that actually got off Perkins' Naughty List for not having enough women represented in the program because we were able to start meeting our goals.
Women are still completely underrepresented in this new economy, and that isn't what I want for my own daughter. This is where it started for me. We have to make a welcoming and safe environment that allows female students to explore new technology and dream big, so that’s what I wanted, and I believe that’s how it all starts. It starts with me."
