opportunity. silicon valley has a massive gender diversity problem, massive racial diversity problem. what is the experience like for folks who placed at companies in silicon valley? do they find it to be an accepting and welcoming atmosphere? yeah. one of the most important things we found is that if we pair the students that come through our program with mentors in the space, it makes a huge difference in feeling like they re welcome. because as you point out, in a lot of cases, just because of what the numbers are, a code 2040 fellow may be the only person of color, only black or latino person, only woman on their engineering team but someone welcoming them looking out for them it s a huge difference in terms of feeling community and the support they need to handle that experience with success. but how do we get more people