Tech and Me: Discussing Neurodiversity, Chronic Illness, and Disability in Tech

Find out about Life as a Developer. We will have 3 members from Coding Black Females - Isabel Costa, Melisha Trout and Denise Dube discussing their role as a developer and how they got there! This was from an Empowerment Day put on for the Black Codher Bootcamp.

Meet Lydia Mangeni Stewart, she transitioned into her first role as a software engineer after completing the Kong x Coding Black Females Fellowship Programme earlier this year, and we get to hear her story! She was interviewed by the AMAZING Tanya Powell! You can view her testimonial here: codingblackfemales.com/impact Tanya: @heytanhey on instagram & twitter Lydia: @warrior_queen1988 on instagram

Join us to discuss stepping into Leadership positions in tech. We will have 4 Black women from the Coding Black Females community discussing taking on Leadership roles, winning awards, taking ownership of your career, and creating changes.

Join us to hear from 3 amazing speakers on how to find the right mentor. If you've been considering becoming a mentor or finding a mentor this is the perfect chance to find out what to look for!

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In this podcast, listen to Sanchia's experience at the Black Coder Bootcamp and more.

As part of international women's day, we had 5 talks in the world of tech. 

Join us with Head of Computer Science Tessy Mesindi and Computer Science Teacher Nadya French, while they talk about teaching computer science in schools. 

In this event we discussed Neurodiversity*, Chronic Illness, and Disability with four Black women/NBP in the Tech space.  For this panel talk we were joined by 4 speakers in different tech roles who came together to talk about what their experiences have been like, challenges they have faced, and support they have received that has helped them flourish.  This is an important topic to discuss whether it affects you currently, will do in the future, or not at all.  * Neurodiversity usually refers to range of specific learning differences including ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Epilepsy, and Tourettes We've collected a range of resources mentioned in the talk here: bit.ly/TechAndMeResources

Hear from women in product & design at Brandwatch, they will tell us about how they've build their careers on their own terms, so you can keep rising while being authentically you