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In a very male-dominated industry, women are taking the lead by applying their programming skills to helping other women all over conquer the world. They are paving the way for the future women of science by building some of the most successful start-up companies and apps in tech history. Here are the 5 most innovative…

As I stepped up to the baggage claim to find my hot-pink suitcase and saw the chipper “Welcome” sign along with an announcement of the 109 degree day waiting for me outside I thought, “Yikes, that’s a boiling hot ‘Hello!’ from Phoenix, Arizona!” For the last three years I’ve attended the annual National Speakers Association……

As the capacities of medicine advance and societal mores become more accepting, the prevalence of gender-dysphoric individuals choosing to undergo gender transformation has been increasing. While many transmen and transwomen are relieved to be able to live a life more authentic to that with which they identify, the transition process brings about a unique set…

The demand for competent coders is higher than ever, yet women are still underrepresented in the tech industry. Women make up almost half of the workforce in the United States, yet just 24% of workers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are women. According to Signal magazine, this imbalance stems from several causes,…

Yep. Still 2016. I still wake up on some days worried about redundancy in app development. I mean, how many Pomodoro apps do I have to check out before making an informed decision? Pretty sure I tried nine in September of 2015, and that number has more than doubled today. Also: still weathering a sinking…

I don’t remember how the subject came up, but the table of women at the conference were talking about stress management and I chimed in with… “Sometimes I just hide under my desk for 10 or 15 minutes and it helps tremendously.” The table of women stopped talking. Turning to look at me, I’d swear…

Earlier this month I went to a tech conference in the Bay Area and found myself watching a stream of men on stage talking about how they had been mentored throughout their journey as well as the opportunities that had presented themselves. This admittedly left me a bit dispirited because looking at them, I couldn’t…

Negotiating for Salary as a Woman is an undervalued skill that invariably results in women being judged harshly in just about any industry.  Why the double standard should still exist is beyond me, but it’s hardly a surprise that it does.  According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the wage gap between men and women…

Young girls are constantly being shown by others that being assertive does not equate with being nice. Their parents, as well as society, models for them that being nice is best. The problem with these messages is that they require them to deny their own truths in order to appease someone else. They grow up…

If the founder of the Spanx, Sara Blakely, chose to give up after failing a few times, she wouldn’t have gone on to become the youngest female self-made billionaire in the United States. Her attempt at becoming a stand-up comedian flopped, she failed the LSAT twice, crushing her goal of becoming a lawyer, and when…