Building a Collaborative Network to Support WOC in UX/UI

Laura Gonzalez
University of Texas at El Paso

Dr. Joy Robinson
University of Alabama-Huntsville

Clarissa San Diego
Makerologist

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.