For example, I have found an incredibly supportive community by attending women in technology events and women in gaming meetups at industry events. Intel has sponsored and partnered with several over the years, including AnitaB.org, Society for Women Engineers, and Tech Up For Women.. One of the best pieces of advice that I received from a mentor was, “I don’t know what you are thinking unless you tell me what you are thinking.
At Gonzaga University, Reid studied computer engineering, business, and entrepreneurship. She realized that she didn’t want to code or go into technology development, but rather to focus on what technology can do for people. During a 2014 internship at Intel, she worked in product marketing and discovered the realm of technical marketing. This aspect of marketing ties into what technology can enable someone to do.
Intel Inspires provides grants and scholarship money to student gamers in K-12 and collegiate eSports programs. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are foundational principals. The merit-based grants and scholarships go to students from schools with new eSports programs or ones that don’t have access to the same high-end gaming systems as do wealthier students at schools with greater financial resources.