ChickTech is based in Portland but plans to be nationwide by 2016. After interviewing Jennifer Davidson about how ChickTech gets girls involved in tech, I have high hopes it’s even sooner.
The non-profit targets girls who would never nominate themselves to participate in a tech workshop and who wouldn’t dream of a career in tech. Why? Because they’ve never had someone believe their skills were valuable in that world. I believe that our society understands that girls’ skills are needed in tech, we’ve just needed support for our girls like we’ve shown for our boys.
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