When we think of the tech industry, we often think of the Silicon Valley giants — mostly white, and mostly male — but there’s an invisible thread running through the history of technology, connecting the contributions of Black women whose names and achievements often go uncelebrated. These women have shaped the digital world in incredible ways, yet their stories often go untold. One prime example is Katherine Johnson, the brilliant NASA mathematician whose precise calculations ensured the success of John Glenn’s 1962 orbital flight, and the Apollo 11 moon landing. Her colleague, Dorothy Vaughan, NASA’s first Black supervisor, became a…
Author: HannahTsurkan
Frobelles, the UK’s first Afro-hair championing dress up game, founded by London-based mother Yvonne Ottley and daughter Alyssa (now 12), is launching in the US this week, taking its mission of educating and empowering curly-coily haired kids to the next level. The game is fun, educational, and was created as an empowering solution to a problem, as lack of representation in the content consumed by young children can really damage their self-esteem – Alyssa was just 6 years old when she asked her mum why none of her game characters had Afro hair like hers. Yvonne said: “Children naturally want to…