/dev/color CEO Rhonda Allen Featured in WIRED

Tech Wrap Queen – Wrap Session 8 (Jan 1, 2021)
Rhonda Allen was recently named CEO of /dev/color, a nonprofit organization whose mission is: "To empower Black software engineers to help one another grow into industry leaders." From her international experiences to her southern roots in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Rhonda shares gems from her career journey as well as the important work of /dev/color, their members, and the organization’s impact on the tech industry.

WIRED senior staff writer Sidney Fussell spoke with Rhonda about racial equity in the workplace, processing collective trauma, and the realities of being #BlackInTech. They discussed a type of ‘Double-Consciousness’ where tech workers must work to identify and address racial trauma while being subjected to it. “It’s an issue of unpaid labor,” Rhonda tells Sidney.