What is Kimberly Bryant?
[[File:Kimberly Bryant, Black Girls Code @ SXSW 2016.jpg|right|thumb|Kimberly Bryant]] '''Kimberly Bryant''' (born January 14 1967) is the founder of [[Black Girls Code]] (BGC). Black Girls Code is a [[nonprofit organization]] teaching girls to write code for computers. It also teaches girls to be leaders. == Childhood and Family == Bryant grew up in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], [[United States|USA]]. Bryant wanted to work as a [[lawyer]] until she discovered [[computer science]]. Her brother taught her about computer science. Years later, she noticed her daughter loved to play video games. She enrolled her daughter in a computer science camp at [[Stanford University|Stanford]]. Her daughter was very upset from the camp. The camp was all boys, so her daughter felt alone. Bryant wanted to change girls' experience with learning about computers. ==Accomplishments == Bryant helps women of color to be more involved in STEM. Black Girls Code started in a basement in San Francisco. Now, Black Girls Code teaches 3,000 girls and uses 1,300 volunteers. They have 13 chapters in the U.S., as well as one in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=Magazines&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=MultiTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA558814294&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZXBK-MOD1&prodId=SUIC&contentSet=GALE%7CA558814294&searchId=R2&userGroupName=palo88030&inPS=true|title=BREAKING THE CODE: BLACK GIRLS CODE IS CHANGING THE FACE OF TECHNOLOGY ONE GIRL AT A TIME|last=Friedlander|first=Jamie|date=Winter 2018|access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryant, Kimberly}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from California]] [[Category:1967 births]]