“I am mixed race: Black, White and Chinese, and I grew up in the Caribbean where educational opportunities were scarce. My mother was a teacher and my father was an electrical engineer; education was a priority to them. After graduating from college in the U.S., I returned to the Caribbean and was determined to help people in my community get ahead. So, I started a company that wrote software for internet casinos and e-commerce, and trained young talent who had no access to formal education but who had a passion for computers, programming or graphic design.

Today, more than 20 years later, that initial team that I hired have all built successful careers in the tech industry.I joined the board of Reskill Americans because I want to give this same access – but on a much, much bigger scale – to our minority communities here in the U.S. I truly believe that our training model could “crack the code” on how to make software training accessible to anyone.

My hope is that anyone who has a dream of working in technology will not only see that it is possible, but have confidence that one day, they can become role models for others.”