Merge pull request #1440 from exoticDFT/add/dei-spotlight-lyndsey-scott

Adds post for Lyndsey Scott

_posts/2024-01-31-black-history-month.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ talk about the person and tie their work and life to the RSE movement.
 
 * [Annie Easley]({% post_url 2024-02-07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley
   %}) - February 7, 2024
+* [Lyndsey Scott]({% post_url 2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott
+  %}) - February 28, 2024
 
 Conversations around race in tech are happening daily, and there are numerous
 articles on the topic. One of the articles we want to share is a 2021 article

_posts/2024-02-07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ tags: [dei, black-history]
 author: Sophia Anyatonwu
 ---
 
-US-RSE's [DEI working group (DEI-WG)](https://us-rse.org/wg/dei/)is proud to
+US-RSE's [DEI working group (DEI-WG)](https://us-rse.org/wg/dei/) is proud to
 help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Black History Month. Each week during
 Black History Month, the US-RSE will spotlight Black/African Americans who have
 been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ personal stories.
 {% include image.html
 url="https://image.cleveland.com/home/cleve-media/pgfull/img/plain-dealer/photo/2017/02/23/-8f07f7971aa2b185.JPG"
 description="Annie Easley works on a NASA computer. (Photo Courtesy of NASA)"
-style="float:right; padding:1em; width:350px" %}
+style="float:right; padding:1em; max-width:350px" %}
 
 Some may know that the first computers in the US were women who were highly
 skilled in mathematics[^jpl]. One of these "human computers" was Annie Easley, a

_posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: "US-RSE Black History Month Spotlight - Lyndsey Scott"
+tags: [dei, black-history]
+author: Mattie Niznik
+---
+
+US-RSE's [DEI working group (DEI-WG)](https://us-rse.org/wg/dei/) is proud to
+help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Black History Month. Each week during
+Black History Month, the US-RSE will spotlight Black/African Americans who have
+been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have
+inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers and their
+personal stories.
+
+## This week's Black History Month spotlight features Lyndsey Scott
+
+{% include image.html
+url="https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140116165955-lyndsey-scott.jpg"
+description="Lyndsey Scott, 29, studied computer science in college before
+becoming a model. (Photo Courtesy of Alli Harvey/Getty Images)"
+style="float:right; padding:1em; max-width:350px;" %}
+
+As we highlight Black individuals this month who have made contributions in
+technology spaces, I was drawn to the story of Lyndsey Scott. I am a fervent
+believer in the principle that no one interest should preclude a person from
+exploring the totality of who they are. From what I have learned about Lindsey,
+she too follows this principle but to a much more impressive degree.
+
+Lyndsey grew up in New Jersey and explored diverse interests including
+Taekwondo, theater, and computer science in addition to being an impressive
+track athlete. Like many of us, she enjoyed writing games into her Texas
+Instruments graphing calculator in middle school and learned Java and C++
+during her time at Amherst before branching out into Python and Objective C.
+As a programmer, she is perhaps most known for her iOS experience and tutorials.
+A recent check of her Stack Overflow profile reveals a reputation of 37180 and
+2.1 million users reached.
+
+You might think the above is impressive enough - but she’s also a successful
+model! She was the first Black model to sign an exclusive runway contract with
+Calvin Klein and has been featured in a variety of magazines along the way.
+Many outlets covered her in the early 2010s, though it can be a little
+difficult to read some of them due to the way puns like “beauty and a geek”
+were overused. However, I think that just reflects on the outlets themselves
+and takes nothing away from the achievements and influence Lyndsey can lay
+claim to.
+
+In 2022, Lyndsey launched a coding scholarship geared toward LGBTQIA+, women,
+and/or BIPOC students majoring in computer science. This is perhaps
+unsurprising when you examine the apps in her portfolio, many of which seem geared
+towards helping others. As you poke around the links below and learn more about
+Lyndsey, I hope you are filled with the same joy and enthusiasm I was; she is
+an inspiring speaker and I’m always impressed by people who unapologetically
+embrace all of their interests and, in doing so, truly thrive.
+
+### Additional Reading:
+
+- <https://www.lyndseyscott.com/>
+- <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Scott>
+- <https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/20/tech/web/lyndsey-scott-model-coder/index.html>
+- <https://www.npr.org/2014/03/20/291896460/lyndsey-scott-runway-model-and-tech-programmer>
+- [Hour of Code Video Chat with Lyndsey Scott](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s5oxGmbXy4)
+
+### Connect:
+
+<https://linktr.ee/Lyndsey360>