Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Li Wilkins-Tate, a Recruiting Coordinator at Discord. Originally from the Midwest and now located in New York, Li’s route into tech wasn’t a straight path. From a young age, Li knew she wanted to help people in whatever way she could. Li originally studied for a degree in nursing, but soon realised nursing was not for her. Eventually, Li went to Grad School for College Student Personnel and Student Affairs.  Following on from her degrees, Li went on to her first professional job working in higher education, and that gave her a taste of recrui ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Sandra Okoli, a Web Engineer at ASOS. Sandra started her journey into tech as a Digital Marketing Executive. During this time, Sandra was exposed to the world of web as managing a website was part of her role. Sandra soon became fascinated with websites, which ignited a spark in her and led her to pursue a career in Web Development. To acquire the skills needed, Sandra did General Assembly’s (GA) part-time Front-End Web Development course and then their 12-week Web Development Immersive course. She learned how to code and learned the fundamentals ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Kelsey Robb, a Creator Partnerships Manager at TikTok UK. Kelsey's entry point into tech was through her Marketing Degree at Lancaster University. Whilst at University, Kelsey attended and was the President of the Advertising Society. The Advertising Society gave Kelsey a great insight into the world, the advertising industry and most importantly, it helped her to start networking. After her degree, Kelsey landed an internship at Starling Bank, whilst there she worked as a Digital Marketing Intern, and an Interim Executive Assistant to the CEO. Th ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Uyai Effiong, a Merchant Success Manager at Shopify. Uyai’s journey into tech began when she started studying for a degree in Computer Science at the University of Texas, Austin. After two semesters, Uyai realised that Computer Science was not for her. Going from the frying pan into the fire, Uyai switched to Chemical Engineering, and as a practical, hands-on person, she found it to be a much better fit for her. Following her degree, Uyai held numerous roles, and a core theme running through her career has been her enjoyment of working with busine ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech Table, we welcome Rizel Scarlett, a Developer Advocate at GitHub, a web platform for developers. Rizel studied computer information systems at a community college and started working as a help desk technician at HubSpot. Whilst working at HubSpot, Rizel overheard people talking about software engineering, and she soon became interested in learning how to code.  Rizel attended a non-profit coding bootcamp called Resilient Coders, located in Boston. Once she had finished Resilient Coders, Rizel landed an internship at Formlabs, a 3D printing startup. Rizel’s int ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Fadzai Angelina Kazarema, International User Acquisition Lead at Headspace. Ange studied Advertising and Media at University. After graduating, Ange worked as a Digital Account Executive for an advertising integrated agency, and this is where Ange really got involved with tech. Whilst working at the advertising agency, Ange was introduced to Digital Advertising, where they helped with content management and developed digital ads. Working in Digital Advertising made Ange realise that they were not in their perfect role and wanted to be involved in ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Jessica Udo, a Product Manager at Microsoft. Jessica was born and raised in Nigeria but is currently based in Vancouver, Western Canada. Jessica’s interest in tech started at a young age when she used to play games on her dad’s desktop computer. She would go on to take computer studies classes in high school. She applied to University with the dream of working in Silicon Valley at companies like Microsoft and Google. Jessica started studying Software Engineering at McGill university but halfway switched to Electrical and Software Engineering. Stra ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Hannah Fisayo, an account executive at Snapchat. American by birth, Nigerian by ethnicity and British by residence, Hannah’s journey to tech was not through the traditional route. Hannah loved learning about politics in sixth form and it’s no surprise that she went on to study political science at Durham University. During her Easter and Summer breaks, Hannah would do internships to learn new skills. One of the internships was at Tech Will Save Us, a toy company that teaches children under 12 how to code. Hannah was an intern on the marketing team ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Addy Awofisayo, Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa at Youtube. Addy started her career in tech at Microsoft, working in Finance. However, after four years, Addy came to the realisation that Finance was not for her. Not knowing what she wanted to go on to do, Addy took a year off and spent her time working at the Clinton Foundation in Jamaica, where she supported the strengthening of the healthcare system in an HIV clinic. Whilst there, Addy discovered that she liked doing hands-on jobs, solving problems, coming up with and implementing solutions ..read more

Today at the Sisters in Tech table, we welcome Samantha Imafidon, a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. A passion for maths at a young age led Samantha to the world of tech. Samantha took the traditional route into tech by doing a Computer Science degree at Oxford University. However, after doing an internship at an investment bank and experiencing coding in the workplace, Samantha knew that coding 9-5 was not for her. She still liked technology but wanted to focus more on people. Luckily, she discovered the client-facing side of tech and, after graduating, got her first job as a Technical ..read more