Candace is a visionary entrepreneur who will not stop until she is successful. She is the founder and CEO of Techturized, a company that leverages scientific and social data to provide personalized hair care recommendations for women of color around the globe. 

A ‘11 Clark Atlanta University graduate and self taught IT engineer who gained initial experience working at Apple. Shay later worked for Airbnb and Dropbox, contributing to their engineering and operations teams. Currently, she works as an IT engineer for Asana. 

Stefan is the Founder & CEO of Noirbnb, a vacation and short-term rental company created for the African diaspora and other people of color. Stefan was inspired to start Noirbnb due to discrimination he and others faced while using Airbnb. He attended the Art Institute of D.C. where his focus was on Film & Music. 

Graduating from Emory University with degrees in Business and Philosophy, Huyen now works thousands of miles away from her home in Georgia as an Associate Account Strategist at Google Inc. She aims apply her learnings from Silicon Valley to her passion for health and wellness.

Allison started her career in retail management and now works at Facebook recruiting for the Infrastructure Data Center team. Her passion for recruiting led her to Co-Founding the Silicon Valley Recruiters Association in 2015 as a way to connect the area's recruiters for networking and education purposes.

Mike received his BA in Marketing from Morehouse College ‘13. His specific interests are in technology startups and education. In 2013 he began self-teaching iOS development and web development. In 2016 he co-founded RedRooster Technologies Inc., and the #CodeWithMike iOS Development Bootcamp.