🚀 🚀 𝐀 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬! 👏🏾🙌🏾

Your support during the Careers Fair 2023 was invaluable. Together, we broke barriers and built pathways for underrepresented Black female and non-binary talent in tech. 💻✨ As well as our amazing host for the night, our CEO and Founder of Coding Black Females, Charlene Hunter.

We were treated to short talks from industry professionals such as Darlyn Norlay, Mali Tabatabaie, and Alicia Richardson. Mali Tabatabaie, a Software Developer Artist at Trainline, shared with us “7 Deadly Sins: The Things To Keep An Eye On When You Start Developing”.

🎙️Comments from attendees: “𝙄’𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙞’𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 7 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮.”

Darlyn Norlay, a Grade 1 Consultant at Principle One and Coding Black Females Alumni, discussed her journey in tech from participating in a bootcamp with Coding Black Females to securing a role at Principle One.

Later on, we Leveled Up with Alicia Richardson, Founder of Black Create Connect. Darlyn, Mali, and Alicia were joined by our own Efua Akumanyi, Co-CTO at Coding Black Females, for an interactive panel discussion. 🌐✨

More comments from attendees: “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩… 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨…”

Attendees said they enjoyed the Careers Fair because:

👥 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙… 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙨.”

🍲 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨.”

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Meet some of the Coding Black Females team (L-R)

Tanya Powell, Sarah Solomon, Esther Cole, Celma Gaspar, Gary McPherson, Charlene Hunter MBE, Siobhan and Tara Rock