Today’s Tech Role Model is Pariss Chandler. She is the founder of the #BlackTechPipeline platform. This platform serves to support and bring exposure to the black community in the technology industry. She also created the hashtag #BlackTechTwitter and cultivated the movement. Parris, better known as Pariss Athena, is a mom to a six-year-old boy named Sevee, and works as a Front-End Developer in Boston, MA.

Today’s Tech Role Model is Karen Baker. Today, Karen is the Senior Community Manager of Alumni at Udacity, a San Francisco-based education company offering open online courses. Karen studied Rhetoric and Chinese in college conducted branding research with Millenials, and later transitioned into managing tech communities. She’s also a proud alumna of Seth Godin’s altMBA program.

Illustration: Liz Climo

House finchnigel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

As a runner in NYC, I’m spoiled: the community here is unique and beautiful. Not only do I have tremendous teammates on North Brooklyn Runners, but I’ve met fantastic people in other clubs around the city. Patricia Tirona is one such human. She’s run nine marathons, loves the Spurs and hot wings, and cheers her face off when she’s not actively racing.

Empatico is a free tech tool for teachers to match & connect classrooms around the world. Launched by the KIND Foundation, the tool provides opportunities for students from different backgrounds to collaborate on standards-based activities and learn about each other in the process. Empatico targets third and fourth graders because children are very developmentally pliable at that age. By introducing students from different backgrounds during this critical period, Empatico helps them cultivate a stronger sense of empathy and responsibility towards others. Love this intentional use of technology.

This piece circulated on the North Brooklyn Runners Google group this weekend and I cannot get enough of it.