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Alumni / current students to follow on social media

• Dasani Madipalli
• Carmen Fontana
• Steph Hippo
• Craig Newmark
• Jeni  Panhorst
• Zeynep Erson

Women You Should Be Following on Twitter

A compiled list of women to follow from Deepina Kapila at Skillcrush.com.

These work in development, design, UX, product, gaming, content strategy, interaction design and other awesome web-type fields, and they are hugely influential in tech RIGHT NOW.

1. ANN FRIEDMAN  
   Ann Friedman is a freelance digital journalist who writes columns about politics, gender and culture for . 

2. MINA MARKHAM  
   Mina is a front-end engineer for Hillary Clinton. She’s also the founder of the Dallas Chapter of  and . She also teaches at  and organizes several cutting-edge conferences.

3. MEREDITH BORDERS  
   Meredith is the managing editor of ,  and the . 

4. LYZA DANGER GARDNER  
   Lyza co-authored  and is a developer, CTO, and cofounder of . She’s a tech generalist and loves web and mobile. 

5. AMBER CONVILLE  
   Amber is a . Her Tweets and GitHub are a constant source of inspiration. 

6. AURA SELTZER  
   Her Twitter feed is full of helpful resources for students. Aura is a Senior Designer at .

7. AMINATOU SOW 
   Founder of the  and host of the awesome podcast , Aminatou is a digital strategist and one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Tech. 

8. JULIE ANN HORVATH 
   Julie is a designer and developer and one of the most influential female voices on the web. She’s worked at GitHub and Yammer, and founded —a web series that celebrates women in tech.

9. GRETA JOHNSEN  

10. TRICIA BOBEDA 
    Greta and Tricia run the fabulous . 

11. FELICIA DAY 
    Already a major actress, Felicia has added producer, founder, director, and other major titles to her list of parallel careers. She’s produced several influential web series and launched a wildly successful YouTube Channel called  that you need to subscribe to right now.

12. JANE MCGONIGLE 
     She’s a  known for her work in the alternate reality game genre. She’s also an accomplished author of several books, the Director of Games Research & Development at the  in Palo Alto and she serves on the Board of Directors for . 

13. LULU MILLER 
    She produced a piece about a transformative  she took with her friend.

14. RACHEL KALMAR 
    Rachel is a Neuroscientist, Data Scientist, Entrepreneur and yes, a Unicyclist. Outside her professional day to day, Rachel is also a researcher and volunteer. Her tweets are daily must-reads.

15. AMELIA GREENHALL 
    Amelia is the founder of , building software for wearables for iOS. She also cofounded the popular publication .

16. LARA HOGAN 
    Lara is a Senior Engineering Manager at , a feminist who is passionate about impacting the #womenwhocode movement and author of —a book she’s made available for FREE.

17. KIM SWIFT 
    Kim made Portal, one of the smartest, most haunting games you’ll ever play.

18. MILENA BERRY 
    Milena is CEO and Co-Founder of , a company focused on connecting companies hiring remote workers with the perfect candidates. PowertoFly focuses on empowering women to live flexible lives balancing work with commitments at home.

19. CASSEY HO 
    Cassey is the creator of  and has been named one of the top 25 health and fitness influencers in the world. 

20. JEN DEWALT 
    Jen’s project, , is shared repeatedly in our web design and development blueprints. 

21. POORNIMA VIJAYASHANKAR 
    Poornima is the founder of  and works tirelessly to empower and educate female engineers. Both her personal account and the Femgineer account are full of great resources and tips.

22. RESHMA SAUJANI 
    Reshma is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit  and the author of . 

23. ALLISON HOUSE 
    Allison is a designer, visual artist, and educator who frequently shares her expertise at conferences and workshops. 

24. LINDA LIUKAS 
    Linda Liukas has a children’s book about the Ruby programming language.  

25. YESENIA PEREZ-CRUZ 
    Yesenia is a senior product designer at  as well as an Acquisitions Scout for . 

26. KIMBERLY BRYANT 
    Kimberly is the founder and executive director of  and her career has spanned roles ranging from Biotechnology to Engineering to Technical Project Management. She’s a champion of inclusion and diversity and was the White House’s Champion of Change in 2014.

27. BRIANNA WU 
    Brianna describes herself as the “Godzilla of tech feminists” on her Twitter bio. She’s a prominent game and software developer as well as a trailblazer. Brianna frequently speaks out about issues women face in the tech industry.

28. CHRISTEN BRANDT 
    Christen is an advocate for girls’ education. She co-founded , where she’s also the Director of International Operations.

29. LEXI ALEXANDER 
    , former world kickboxing champion, and US Marine Corps Combat Instructor. 

30. SAADIA MUZAFFAR 
    Saadia founded Tech Girls Can, an inclusive Canadian Hub for Women in STEM fields. She’s an inspirational speaker and advocate of women of color in tech.

31.  KELLY HOEY 
    Kelly is hands down one of the most influential voices on Twitter. She’s a columnist, an investor panelist, and a skilled moderator working in the tech and investment arenas. She’s passionate about emerging tech, start-up, and accelerator programs and actively invests in women and gender-diversity.

32. LAURA BELGRAY 
    Laura owns  and is a creative web copywriter and PR pro. 

33. SALLIE KRAWCHECK 
    Sallie is a former wall street executive who just founded , a platform geared towards redefining investing for women.

34. KATIE KOVALCIN 
    Katie is an award-winning designer and co-host of . She leads the Columbus Dribbble Meetup and is super passionate about getting more women into the tech world.

35. SAM KAPILA 
    Sam’s a web design instructor at  in Austin and her areas of expertise include Responsive Web Design & Typography. 

36. LYZI DIAMOND 
    Lyzi helps runs  and teaches an Intro to Web mapping class in San Francisco. She’s also a 2014 Code for America Fellow and her Twitter feed always teaches something new.

37. SARAJO 
    Sara founded  in 2010 and went on to become the CTO of . She’s currently the CEO of  and is passionate about getting more women to become software developers.

38. KRISTINA HALVORSON 
    Kristina is CEO and Founder of  and author of . 

39. JULIA GRACE 
    Julia is a Senior Engineering Manager at . Her post  is a must read for all code newbies.

40. CHRISTINA MIRANDO 
    Christina is a talented freelance Graphic Design and Founder of , an org with a mission to equip all women with tools and resources to lead more self-sufficient lives. She leads educational workshops focused on teaching home-building and design skills.

41. RACHEL BINX 
    Rachel is a data visualizer, art historian, and mathematician currently working at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She’s got a diary of her  and Tweets how I feel.

42. LAUREN PITTENGER 
    Lauren is a frontend designer and developer and also an instructor at the . 

43. PAM SELLE 
    Pam is a brilliant software engineer, speaker and author.

44. SARA WACHTER BOETTCHER 
    Sara is editor-in-chief at  as well as a content strategist and author

45. DIANA KIMBALL 
    Diana is a product manager at . She lives in Berlin and tweets great pieces.

46. JENNIFER ALDORETTA 
    Jennifer is CEO of  as well as an engineer and biohacker. R2G helps women understand their bodies via their app.

47. UNA KRAVETS 
    Una is a talented front end developer at  and founded both the  and  meetups. She frequently speaks about web performances, Sass, and open source.

48. DIANA GRIFFIN  

49. CHEYENNE WEAVER 
    Diana and Cheyenne founded , where they focus on providing STEM-focused apprenticeships for girls. Both work in interaction and graphic design and have a passion for women’s education.

50. AMANDA PALMER 
    Amanda is an alt-rock musician, and she’s vocal about making music free. Instead fighting the fact that we can share music for free all over the Internet, she embraces it.