The Good for PoC San Francisco Launch Event kicks off on September 29, 2016, and you're invited to join us. We'll have a Q&A panel featuring amazing speakers talking about their experiences as people of color in tech. Attendees will have access to unique career advice as well as food, beverages (dry, no alcohol), and fun networking opportunities.
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Danielle Leong is an engineer on GitHub's Community & Safety team who loves building tools to help make open source a more welcome and inclusive environment.
She is also the founder of Feerless, an app that provides trigger warnings for Netflix users with PTSD. She's passionate about inclusivity in tech, mental health awareness, and improving online good citizenship. In her spare time she climbs rocks, rides motorcycles, and dresses up as a T-rex - occasionally all at the same time.
A pioneer in cross-cultural communication, Giovanni is co-founder of StoryLab, a soon-to-be-launched global consultancy dedicated to positioning leaders in emerging markets.
Giovanni's past and current clients and partners include The White House, the DNC, Google, Coca-Cola, the AARP, Stanford University, Morehouse College, Parallel 18 (a new economic initiative in Puerto Rico), and dozens of technology startups, from market entry to market exit. He is a regular contributor to Forbes.
Lyn Muldrow is a tech instructor and resident developer at Hack the Hood who believes that the future of technology lies in the minds of those excluded from or not represented in the current industry.
Lyn is passionate about educating and inspiring the next generation in tech and creating a welcoming, inclusive tech environment. She finds solace in writing, routinely publishing content around tech inclusion, diversity, and cartoons.
Corey is a program lead on GitHub's Business Development team who focuses on solidifying business relations with enterprise partners.
He is also organizer for ChocolateJS, a community that is celebrating a safe space for the usually uninvited faces in tech. He also teaches coding, mathematics, and electronics on the weekends to elementary school kids at the Bayview YMCA in San Francisco. Corey is curious about the intersection of pop culture, tech, and government.
