Compassionate Coding and Diversity with April Wensel
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April Wensel is an international speaker and the founder of Compassionate Coding, a social enterprise that provides coaching and training to empower individuals and teams to cultivate sustainable, human-centered, emotionally intelligent software development practices. She has spent the past decade in software engineering and technical leadership roles at various Silicon Valley startups spanning education, health, […] The post Compassionate Coding and Diversity with April Wensel appeared first on Simple Leadership.
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April Wensel is an international speaker and the founder of Compassionate Coding, a social enterprise that provides coaching and training to empower individuals and teams to cultivate sustainable, human-centered, emotionally intelligent software development practices. She has spent the past decade in software engineering and technical leadership roles at various Silicon Valley startups spanning education, health, bioinformatics, gaming, and smart homes. She also mentors widely and volunteers with organizations like Black Girls Code and Hackbright Academy to advance the cause of diversity and inclusion in the software industry. When not coding, she enjoys writing, running marathons, and cooking vegan food. Contact Links: Site: compassionatecoding.com Newsletter: eepurl.com/b7Vhb9 Company Twitter: twitter.com/compassioncode Personal Twitter: twitter.com/aprilwensel Show Notes: - Black Girls Code - http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ - Hackbright Academy mentoring program - https://hackbrightacademy.com/mentor/ - Level Playing Field Institute - http://www.lpfi.org/ - Technovation - http://technovationchallenge.org/ - Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley - https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/workplace - Elephant in the Valley - https://www.elephantinthevalley.com/ - Tech Leavers - http://www.kaporcenter.org/tech-leavers/
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