From e339e1c40162e4becf7c2b96c5d5b50381b31e91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Koufos Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:24:31 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Adds post for Lyndsey Scott - Adds Lyndsey Scott blog post by Mattie - Updates some photo sizing on Annie Easley post - Fixes missing space in first paragraph of Annie Easley post --- _posts/2024-01-31-black-history-month.md | 2 + ...07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley.md | 4 +- ...8-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md | 65 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 _posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md diff --git a/_posts/2024-01-31-black-history-month.md b/_posts/2024-01-31-black-history-month.md index 41ad5b268..79b495f58 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-01-31-black-history-month.md +++ b/_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 diff --git a/_posts/2024-02-07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley.md b/_posts/2024-02-07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley.md index 25f4e08db..4b8a3603f 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-02-07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley.md +++ b/_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 diff --git a/_posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md b/_posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2a94b4d21 --- /dev/null +++ b/_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 her portfolio of apps, 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: + +- +- +- +- +- [Hour of Code Video Chat with Lyndsey Scott](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s5oxGmbXy4) + +### Connect: + + From ea4d5530e90f2a9b9cd11fd18718ed23ff660582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Koufos Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:31:02 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Minor grammar update --- _posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md b/_posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md index 2a94b4d21..b4eb39e94 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md +++ b/_posts/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott.md @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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 her portfolio of apps, many of which seem geared +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