An Obama Administration Alumna’s Appeal for a Return to Rigor — [Originally written in February 2017, a time when the future was very uncertain, but I still had hope. I felt it was time to let this story out. Hopefully it will give you hope that things can be good again. Opinions are my own.] [Sometime in February 2017] I’ve wanted…

March 10–13, I attempted to attend the SIGCSE 2020 conference on computer science education. The event was cancelled by order of the Oregon Governor, before it could even start. Basically, I traveled there, turned around, and came back. While an inconvenience, this was not a major loss for me professionally…

Closing out National Mentoring Month and reading so many great mentorship stories, I’ve been thinking about some of the great mentoring relationships I’ve seen throughout my career advocating for young women in tech. …

October 9, 2018 was a big day for the #CSforALL movement. Many of our friends were there, and many new friends joined us too — including nearly 14K livestream viewers. …

Over the last several weeks the CSforALL team has been receiving and vetting commitment announcements from computer science education efforts nationwide in preparation for the CSforALL Summit, our annual event to celebrate progress and advance collective community-based mission of…

CSforALL recently announced the Call for Commitments for the 2019 CSforALL Summit. This is an opportunity for organizations, industry, government and others to step up and announce new and expanded efforts to bring computer science to all US students. I know what you are thinking — that is a job…

Watching the teacher walkouts this week in Oklahoma and other states — including my niece Rachel Pilant in Broken Arrow, OK — and reading Senator Elizabeth Warren’s statement about her teacher Mrs. Lee, got me thinking about the teachers who influenced me and contributed to my life. They are as…

As we reach the end of Women’s History Month 2018 I’m feeling hopeful and proud. We invited the #CSforALL community to share their thoughts, dreams, and inspiration on women’s history from a CSforALL lens. They did not disappoint. We learned about historic women and their contributions to the field, including…