Making Ways

On this episode of Making Ways, the podcast all about the unexpected paths to a creative career, host Rob Goodman is joined by Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls Code. Kimberly’s path to starting the organization was anything but a straight shot. After an illustrious career in engineering spent working for Genentech, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Merck, and Pfizer, among others, she was drawn to launch Black Girls Code after seeing her daughter face the same challenges Kimberly confronted as a young woman of color interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Knowing that she could have a hand in improving the technology sector for her daughter and young women everywhere, Kimberly went all in. Today, Kimberly and Black Girls Code are dedicated to empowering young African American women, ages 7–17, by introducing them to and teaching computer programming and technology. In a wide-ranging, uplifting conversation, Kimberly recounts the twists and turns o