Laura I. Gomez
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Laura I. Gomez grew up in the San Fransisco Bay Area and was an undocumented child from Mexico. When Gomez was eight years old, her family immigrated to the United States. She worked very hard in school and eventually had her first software engineering internship at the age of seventeen. For college, she earned a Bachelor of Human Development and Family Studies from University of California Berkeley and a Master of Latin American Studies from University of California San Diego[1]. Once she received her workers permit at the age of seventeen, she landed an internship at Hewlett Packard. After this, she worked with several start-ups and big technology companies, such as Youtube and Twitter. Throughout her work experience, she noticed that she was one of the only Latinas. Due to the lack of representation, inclusion, and leadership of Latinx, this inspired her to speak up about her experience.
Her passion for diversity spread to her career. Gomez became a founding member of a project known as Project Include, which is a non-profit which advocates for inclusion in the technology field. It allows everyone a fair chance at succeeding in tech and encourages inclusion, comprehensiveness, and accountability[2]. Project Interlude also funded her personal start-up, Atipica. Atipica was the world’s first people analytics platform in regards to diversity. Her company focused on AI, data, and diversity. Over time, Atipica was backed by Kapor Capital, Precursor Ventures, and True Ventures[3]. Not only was her start-up extremely successful, she raised the largest financing seed round ever for a Latinx founder in Silicon Valley. The most current project Gomez is working on is Proyecto Solace, a mental health initiative for Latinx peoples. This initiative allows them to have a safe space to heal if and when needed. Her efforts to spread diversity and help Latinx citizens has helped countless people, whether in tech or not.
Gomez has contributed greatly to the Latinx community and to diversity as a whole. Due to her success, she was recognized by the Department of State and Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, for her work in the TechWomen Program[4]. In 2012, she was the only female leader at Twitter. With this in mind, working with Twitter and other big companies gave her the opportunity to translate and localize applications in the technology industry. As she was on the International Team, her work helped Twitter expand into over fifty languages in multiple countries[5]. This assisted the companies, those of Latinx origin, and simply contributed to diversity as a whole. Additionally, her work as a CEO and founder of Atipica led data-driven initiatives that allowed top level leaders in tech to understand the benefits of machine learning in recruiting and diversity. Overall, Laura I. Gomez is an extremely intelligent and passionate entrepreneur who not only wants to make a difference, but has made several.
References
- ^ St. Clair Community College. "Laura I. Gomez". Hispanic and Latinx Scientists. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Pao, Ellen. "Project Include". Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Gomez, Laura. "Laura I. Gomez". Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ W & L. "The Problem is Not in the Code: Racism, Sexism and Inequalities in Tech". Equality and Difference.
- ^ Roadtrip Nation. "Laura I. Gomez". Retrieved 5 December 2022.