This project displays posters of folks from underrepresented groups in technology as inspiration to our current CS students. Almost all the role models in technology are white males (for example, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg). College students with other gender identities, however, are more inspired by outstanding female and non-binary rather than cis-male role models. This project aims to encourage our current students in CS to see themselves having a career in the field. If our students can see bold reminders in academic settings that there are people from underrepresented communities thriving in STEM, this can influence how they see themselves with respect to the field of Computer Science. Role models can signal to underrepresented students that they are valued. Our goal is to create a space in the Science Center to counteract the message that society has prescribed onto those from marginalized groups. In our teaching spaces, role models can represent what is possible.

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