"Ageism began when Mark Zuckerberg said the famous words, 'Young people are just smarter,'" he said.
"My journey through tech was easy for a decade and a half — when I transitioned I learned just how much privilege I had been afforded by presenting as male all those years."
"I've spent my time in tech trying to pull other people up into opportunities for learning and getting better paying work," she said.
"The internet has always felt like magic to me," she said. "It’s this thing that anyone — even people like us that come from a pretty low socioeconomic background — can access these tools to teach ourselves things."
"The first time I told a VC that he was straight out wrong, it felt so good," she said. "We couldn't come to an agreement, but I felt bada-- as f--- for standing my ground."
"I started college at 16 and majored in Computer Science. I had an unplanned pregnancy and ended up having a baby a month before my graduation. Being in survival mode, I had no time or energy to prioritize my career. I stayed with my parents who offered to watch my baby while I worked," she said.
"Fast forward to 2001, my sister lent me money for a one-way ticket to Texas where my two sisters lived. The hardest part was leaving my daughter behind until I could afford to support us both."
"Everybody is biased, just acknowledge it, and then build systems to make sure that it doesn’t affect the population of your company," she said.
"I currently lead research on the end to end experience for all new and critical launches. In 2015, I completed 25 research studies, 23 invited talks, worked in 12 countries (overall has worked in 20+ countries), organized 8 community events, conducted 8 workshops, participated in 4 carnival masquerades, received 3 recognition honors, and was part of 2 major Google product launches," she said.
"I have only met one other black female designer in tech in the past six years," Tiffany Taylor, a self-taught web designer, told Price.
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