Future. Jobs at Top Tech Companies are overwhelmingly held by white males. But theres an effort under way to break that glass ceiling. Black girls code is a nonprofit reaching young africanamerican girls and showing them coding and computers can be fun. Together theyre working on cracking the code and its our cover story this week. I had no interest in doing this. I thought it was boring at first. When i actually started doing it it was fun. Reporter 11yearold Madison Harvey is one of 300 girls learning how to build a robot at this weekend workshop. Its put on by black girls code, a nonprofit aiming to bridge the gap in Stem Education for young girls of color. Shes excited about science and math and engineering. And what other opportunity for her to be around other girls that look just like her couldnt this one goo here . Many of these girls dont have role models in engineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than 3 of the workforce at the biggest tech companies. Kimberly
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