Femmecubator: Mentorship for BIPOC Womxn in Tech

Technology needs more womxn of color at the table!

PROBLEM Representation of BIPOC womxn in tech is grim. According to the studies, just 3% of computing-related jobs are held by African-American women, 6% held by Asian women and 2% held by Hispanic women (source: Built In, 2021), while an overwhelming 63% of women overall have never had a formal mentor during their corporate careers (source: SHRM, 2012).

MISSION Femmecubator is an online mentorship community for BIPOC womxn who want to transform their careers - and the world - through tech. With access to an on-demand mentorship website and app, resources and programming, and a supportive and experienced network of mentor leaders, Femmecubator bridges the gap to lower the barrier to entry for self-taught learners and early career UX Designers and Software Developers who need extra support in their junior years.

OUR SOLUTION Femmecubator bridges the gap to lower the barrier to entry for self-taught learners and early career UX Designers and Software Developers by

• Professional Development With our free and low-cost programming, bootcamps and apprenticeships, and workshops, Femmecubator provides participants with opportunities to gain experience and build their tech portfolios affodably.
•  On-Demand Mentorship Femmecubator believes in the power of mentoring relationships, and our soon-to-come, groundbreaking on-demand mentorship website and app will allow BIPOC womxn to secure and build relationships with leaders in their field with ease.

WHY CROWDBRANDING? 

With your financial support, Femmecubator will use incoming funds to:

Scale our operations, including the costs associated with becoming a non-profit organization and managing our on-demand mentorship website and app, and 

Grow our 2022 - 2023 programming, including Mentor Match, Work4Good UX Design Apprenticeship Program, and our LiT Talks Workshop & Discussion series.

FEMMECUBATOR TEAM

• Krizia Fernando, Founder and Executive Director
• Erika Jeffers, Co-Founder and Managing Director
• Along with the members of our working board - Nefertiti Stokes (Board Chair), Megan Jeffers (Treasurer), and Uday Shankar (Member)

THANK YOU! We thank you for helping us to build a future for BIPOC womxn in tech. If you cannot financially support us, here are other ways you can help Femmecubator

• Join our Slack or follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Share this campaign on social media