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MO FONG: Good morning, everybody.
How is everyone doing?
All right.
We're so excited for all of you to be here.
And thank you, Shenaz, for sharing your wonderful story
with us today.
It's really relevant to the announcement we have for you.
So as you have heard and you know,
we are fully committed to supporting women in tech,
women who want to be in tech, and young women who
are just starting to dream about being in tech.
So Women Techmakers and Engineering Education
at Google, which we affectionately call Eng Edu--
we have combined forces, because we're both passionate
about providing resources and computer science education
to build community and to increase
the visibility of role models.
And that's all of you in this room today.
And hopefully, we can inspire more young women
to participate in the field.
So before we actually know what we can do,
we had to do a little bit of research
to understand why women and underrepresented groups
are so fewly represented in computer science.
So we partnered with Gallup on a multi-year study
to understand the root causes.
And today, we are unveiling a new research brief focused
on girls to understand precisely what the issues are
and what we can do.
So here are some of the key research findings.
What we found is that girls are 1.7 times less likely than boys
to be encouraged by parents and teachers
to go into computer science.
And they are twice as less likely to see themselves
on screen and in media.
So it's no wonder that girls are half as
confident as boys when it comes to engaging in computer
science.
But there's a lot we can do.
And in the research brief, we highlight some recommendations
that all of you can help us participate and do
to help encourage girls most about social and cultural
encouragement.
One of the most important things we can do
is to change the narrative.
So we want to see more diverse images.
And we want to tell stories of computer scientists
that are relevant and that they can relate to.
And so by doing so, hopefully they
will be inspired to change the world
and maybe even pursue careers that involve CS.
So to get us started, we're going
to be releasing a new resource tool to do exactly that
and to share our stories.
So we're announcing three new careers with code Expeditions
today.
And for those of you who are not familiar with Google career
Expeditions and the app and also with career Expeditions,
it's basically virtual field trips.
So as you can imagine, a lot of field trips are costly,
or they're logistically difficult to get to, especially
if you're talking about the International Space Station
or Antarctica or Machu Picchu.
And you can actually download those on Expeditions as well.
But most Expeditions don't focus on careers.
So what we've done with this tool
is to give it a little bit of a twist.
So with career Expeditions, we've gone out,
interviewed professionals, asked them
what do they like about their jobs,
we shadowed them in their environments,
and we learned about how they got to where they are today
and how they're incorporating technology into their field.
So it's kind of like a virtual career tour, if you will.
And the beauty of this is that you
can meet these professionals wherever they are,
and you can watch them wherever you are.
So let's get started, because we have three inaugural careers
with code Expeditions featuring Angelica, Victoria, and Sue.
And they are stellar, amazing women
who have used technologies in so many interesting ways
in their fields.
You can follow their stories by downloading
the Google Expedition's app into your phone.
And then you can use a cardboard device
in order to share their stories with students using
the Explorer or the Guide mode.
So what can you do today?
You can read about the research that's in your bags,
or you can follow the link on the screen.
Second, you can try Google Expeditions, again
downloading the application.
And in your bag, you have these cardboards,
so you can check it out today.
And you can sync your phone with it and play around with it.
Or you can actually experience it using a live demo
that we're going to be hosting at the reception today.
And the wonderful thing about Expeditions,
too, is that this is not the end,
because next week for Women's History Month
and also International Women's Day,
we're going to be announcing even more career Expeditions
for you to take a look at.
And lastly, as Shenaz has also encouraged all of us to do,
share your story.
And you can share it with someone today.
Share it with a young person in your life.
And you have an opportunity to nominate yourself
and your story to be shared with a nationwide network
of students at CareersWithCode.com/Share.
So thank you so much for being here today.
I hope you really enjoy today.
And I'll turn it back to Shenaz.
Thank you.
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