A note from Jody Rose — Dear Hack.Community, Systems change takes time, commitment, perseverance, and fortitude. It requires a growth mindset — one that understands shifts are inevitable. When I co-founded Hack.Diversity in 2016, I could not have imagined the true enormity of the mission and the level of impact Hack.Diversity would have. Today, I am…

Boston: vol. 7, no. 57 — guest post by Luis Soto Soldevilla — I’m Luis Soldevilla! I would describe myself as a dynamic and ambitious individual who is carving a path for themselves in the tech industry as a software engineer. …

Boston: vol. 7, no. 104 — guest post by Zelalem Yitbarek — It is common to hear that when people say life is complex or challenging. The beauty of life starts shining at this point because our brain switches into a problem-solving mode. Most likely, any individual felt or said it at least once, particularly those who left their home country behind…

Boston: vol. 7, no. 103— guest post by Zainab Edina — One thing I will always be proud of is my Nigerian Heritage. From the culture, music, food, and language, I am never afraid to share and live my life as a Nigerian in America. I was born in the Netherlands but spent my childhood in Nigeria. This allowed me to…

Boston: vol. 7, no. 102 — guest post by Waliyat Afolabi — Coming to the United States as a young Nigerian teenager was eye-opening in the sense that we certainly do not live in a world of equal opportunity, and some people have it easier to achieve success, while others use their limited access to resources to try to achieve the same…

Boston: vol.7, no. 101 — guest post by Vivian Vasquez — While I’m proud to be a gay Mexican-American woman in technology, the identity that I am the proudest of is being my mother’s child. My mother immigrated to the United States from Mexico at a young age and has experienced no shortage of hardship since then. She has persevered through…

Boston: vol. 7, no. 99 — guest post by Tsegereda Bisrat — The milestones in my journey to Hack.Diversity started about four years ago when I decided to change my field from social science to software engineering. I started seeing how big the opportunities in the tech field and in STEM fields are in terms of education and job opportunities. I used…

Boston: vol. 7, no. 98 — guest post by Titamah Simpson — When I was young, I was shy–shy to the point where I would try my hardest to go unnoticed. Despite my best efforts, I still stuck out among my classmates. In my elementary school, I was the only African girl in my grade. My hair was coily. My name was…

Boston: vol. 7, no. 97 — guest post by Thebeau Paul — One of my reasons for joining Hack.Diversity was to become a better engineer. To be specific, I want to know the skills I need to polish and be able to improve on them so I am a more complete and whole engineer. Another reason was to gain experience with interviews…