Building a Collaborative Network to Support WOC in UX/UI

Laura Gonzales

Laura Gonzalez

University of Texas at El Paso

Joy Robinson

Dr. Joy Robinson

University of Alabama-Huntsville

Clarissa San Diego

Clarissa San Diego

Makerologist

Shivers-McNair

Dr. Ann Shivers-McNair

The University of Arizona

This project will introduce bilingual and multilingual women of color students from The University of Texas at El Paso to user-experience and technology design through paid summer internships in user-experience projects of their choice alongside mentors in El Paso, Tucson, Seattle, and Huntsville. This project will assess the impact of an internship and mentorship model on women of color in UX/UI.