She shared her journey in the tech industry and how although was rewarding, she was always left feeling alone as the only Black person among her colleagues.
“As a young Black woman in tech, I experienced a peculiar paradox, intellectual fulfillment coupled with profound loneliness. This is a photo of me fresh out of college with the freshman class of the rotational development program at Intuit,” DeBaun said. “How many of you have felt that duality, raise your hand, intellectually fulfilled with loneliness…that thriving professionally for wanting more, but also genuinely yearning for connection? This disconnect, this void became the sea that grew into AFROTECH.”
