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Kimberly Bryant
Founder of Black Girls CODE; founder and CEO of Black Innovation Lab by Ascend Ventures
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Memphis, Tennessee
Who
An electrical engineer who founded Black Girls CODE in 2011, which went on to introduce more than 100,000 girls of color to coding. She now leads the Black Innovation Lab by Ascend Ventures in Memphis, which backs founders in the U.S. South. Her honors include recognition as a White House Champion of Change and a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award. A memoir is forthcoming.