David Burnham

Joy Buolamwini is a brilliant coder, but she had an issue: facial recognition algorithms dont always recognize her face unless she wears a white mask. This is an example of the subtle ways in which racial privilege excludes full participation in learning opportunities, so Joy did something about it - she started coding programs that are more inclusive. She started a revolution, and shes ready to get you on board!

Joy Buolamwini is the founder of Code4Rights and a graduate researcher with the Civic Media group at the MIT Media Lab. Joy is a Rhodes Scholar, aFulbright Fellow, an Astronaut Scholar, a Google Anita Borg Scholar, and a Carter Center technical consultant recognized as a distinguished volunteer. As the Chief Technology Officer for Techturized Inc, a hair care technology company and Swift Tech Solutions, a global health tech consultancy, Joy gained technical competency by developing software for under-served communities in the US, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, and Niger. During