showing girls how to break the tech gender stereotypes

SHOWING GIRLS HOW TO BREAK THE TECH GENDER

STEREOTYPES

Pooja ChandrashekarFounder and CEO of ProjectCSGIRLSSenior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Ignite Velocity September 15th, 2014

WHAT DOES A COMPUTER SCIENTIST LOOK LIKE?

THE STEREOTYPE

THE ENVIRONMENT

MY EXPERIENCES

HOW DO WE “FIX” THIS? WHERE DO WE START?

FEMALE ROLE MODELS

APPLICABILITY, CONNECTIVITY, AND CREATIVITY

A FOCUS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

WOMEN-LED AND DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS

START EARLY, INSPIRE MORE

ENCOURAGE INNOVATION

MY WORK AS AN EXAMPLE: PROJECTCSGIRLS

MIDDLE SCHOOL IS CRITICAL

HOW DOES A NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS HELP?

OPEN-ENDED WORKSHOPS

THE NATIONAL GALA

THIS IS NOT A ONE-WOMAN (OR MAN) JOB

WHAT ROLE SHOULD MEN PLAY?

THANK YOU!

Contact info for Pooja Chandrashekar:

Website: www.projectcsgirls.com

Email: projectcsgirls@gmail.com

Twitter: @projectcsgirls

Feel free to reach out if you or your company would like to get involved with ProjectCSGIRLS, or if you’d just like to talk!