Forbes – Gosia Glinska
“What put Hurst on a path to become a serial entrepreneur was her desire to tackle a big problem in tech—the lack of diversity. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in computer science, Hurst moved to New York City, where she worked as a software developer. As a woman, she wanted to empower other women to break into the male-dominated tech industry. First, she started a Meetup group in Manhattan to teach women to write code. In 2010, she launched Developers for Good, then Girl Develop It and CodeMontage. Today, Girl Develop It has more than 30,000 members across the U.S. In 2014 alone, the nonprofit taught 9,000 women to write code.”(more)