- Company
- Black Girls CODE
- Role
- Founder
- Est. Net Worth
- $3 Million (Est.)
- Stage
- Emerging
- Industry
- Tech & SaaS
Kimberly Bryant
Founder at Black Girls CODE
About
Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls CODE in 2011 to introduce young girls of color to computer science and technology. The nonprofit grew to reach thousands of students across the United States through workshops, hackathons, and after-school programs.
Current Company
Black Girls CODE — Founder
Introducing a Generation to Code
Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls CODE in 2011 to address a problem she saw firsthand: her daughter, who loved math and science, was often the only Black girl in her computer science programs. An electrical engineer by training who had worked at Pfizer and Genentech, Kimberly Bryant launched Black Girls CODE as a grassroots effort to introduce young girls of color to computer programming through workshops, hackathons, and after-school programs.
Under Kimberly Bryant's leadership, Black Girls CODE grew from a single chapter in San Francisco to a national organization with locations across the United States and international chapters. Kimberly Bryant built the organization around the belief that the future of technology should reflect the diversity of the people who use it, and that exposure to coding at a young age is the first step toward changing who builds the technology that shapes society.