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"&amp;quot;I always say that if someone tells you not to do it, it&amp;#x27;s probably a good idea,&amp;quot; says Reshma Saujani. She&amp;#x27;s living proof, as the first Indian-American woman to run for Congress (at just 34 years old!). Though she lost the election, she picked herself up and made good on a campaign promise to tackle the devastating lack of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Today, her groundbreaking Girls Who Code program has a goal of providing computer science education and exposure to one million young women by 2020. Now Reshma is on to her next challenge: running for public advocate of New York City, a campaign she officially announced in April. &amp;quot;I define feminism as empowering women. To me it&amp;#x27;s about the sisterhood,&amp;quot; she told New York&amp;#x27;s Village Voice the night of her campaign launch. &amp;quot;I try to spend 20 percent of my week, no matter how busy I am, mentoring young people.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s why she served as a judge for Glamour&amp;#x27;s first-ever Glamstarter Awards, offering winners the lessons she learned along the campaign trail: &amp;quot;Don&amp;#x27;t be afraid to fail,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Part of being an entrepreneur is knowing that some of your ideas won&amp;#x27;t work out. But maybe the next one will.&amp;quot; Regardless of where you are on your road to success, she says, it&amp;#x27;s never too early to pay it forward: &amp;quot;Whether you&amp;#x27;re a CEO or just starting out, there are countless opportunities to mentor and sponsor other women and really build the sisterhood.&amp;quot; That could mean anything from donating to your roommate&amp;#x27;s Kickstarter campaign to simply forwarding on an email from a friend in search of an internship. &amp;quot;Be generous with your networks! It&amp;#x27;s not a zero-sum game,&amp;quot; says Saujani. &amp;quot;Make those introductions, pass along that resume, and take time out of your day to be conscious about how you can connect the women in your life.&amp;quot; Want more from Reshma? Check out her new book, Women Who Don&amp;#x27;t Wait in Line, in stores Oct. 8."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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