phd fellow, co-founder of @openmaterials and @altlab, member of @nycresistor and OSHWA.org, co-chair of the Open Hardware Summit, TED fellow
Catarina also listed out some great women on her Facebook page too!
Happy Ada Lovelace day. Thank you to the talented and strong women in the open source community who inspire me everyday: Alicia Gibb, Dustyn Roberts, Limor Fried, Leah Buchley, Ayah Bdeir, Sylvia Todd, Erin Kennedy, Amanda Wozniak, Hannah Perner-Wilson, Lenore Edman, Becky Stern, Lynne Bruning, Alison Powell, Alison Leonard, Kate Hartman, Kat Braybrooke, Gabriella Levine, Shannon Dosemagen, Liz Barry, Katherine Moriwaki, Louisa Campbell, Liza Stark, Margarita Benitez, Addie Wagenknecht, Myriam Ayass, Lizabeth Arum, Paola Guimerans, Jie Qi, Meg Pirrung, Benedetta Piantella, Ellen Jorgensen, Max Whitney, Ari Lacenski, Kelly McGuire, Diana Eng, Astrida Valigorski, Mimi Hui, Dia Campbell, Nina Tandon, Juliana Rotich – and so many others!
Today is Ada Lovelace day! Celebrating the achievements of women in science, art, design, technology, engineering and math! Ada Lovelace Day is about sharing stories of women — whether engineers, scientists, technologists or mathematicians — who have inspired you to become who you are today. The aim is to create new role models for girls and women by celebrating amazing women making and doing cool things. If you’re looking for a worldwide Ada Lovelace Day event? Please visit the Finding Ada events page. Be sure to check out all our posts today and from previous years here of amazing women!
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Today is Ada Lovelace day! Celebrating the achievements of women in science, art, design, technology, engineering and math! Ada Lovelace Day is about sharing stories of women — whether engineers, scientists, technologists or mathematicians — who have inspired you to become who you are today. The aim is to create new role models for girls and women by celebrating amazing women making and doing cool things. If you’re looking for a worldwide Ada Lovelace Day event? Please visit the Finding Ada events page. Be sure to check out all our posts today and from previous years here of amazing women!