by University Communications
August 9th 2019
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"I'm working on a major tech innovation. Gender equality."
Aleena Watson is living proof that women can excel in high tech, given the opportunity and encouragement. She is putting herself through college, double majoring in computer science and math. Her dream? Proving everyone wrong by one day becoming a successful tech leader and industry role model for women.
Aleena has heard for years that she can’t. Can’t be a computer science engineer. Can’t succeed in a field that’s 99% men. Can’t transcend her past as a foster child in Hawai’i. Her dream? To become a role model for women worldwide, giving them the encouragement and opportunities to succeed in tech.