Jasmine Vallejo grew up in San Antonio. Now she lives in Austin and works in the tech industry. She serves on the board for Latinas in Tech pushing for others like her to enter the industry.
PUBLISHED 10:46 AM CDT Sep. 21, 2022AUSTIN, Texas — Jasmine Vallejo grew up in San Antonio. Now she lives in Austin and works in the tech industry.
Now she works in community engagement at Meta and serves on the board for Latinas in Tech where she says there’s a lack of representation of Latina women in the industry. “Right now Hispanics account for 16% of the tech ecosystem in Texas,” said CEO of Austin Urban Technology Movement Michael Ward Jr.“They’re not having those internal conversations in their households, or in their school setting. But then once we get past exposure, and then they have the skills, they have the experience. Well, the recruiting practices don’t support those communities, right? The recruiting practices are predominantly for traditional pathways,” said Ward.
“If they're translations that kind of meet the Hispanic-speaking community, I’m there to kind of navigate that,” said Vallejo.
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