Tech industry professionals are working to expand diversity, equity and inclusion through a recently established non-profit organization focused on software development training, coding, and developing a professional community.

The goal is to provide a pathway for underrepresented minorities to start a career in tech, regardless if a person is a career switcher, underemployed, or unemployed.

Reskill Americans' first 130-person bootcamp cohort graduated in October 2021. They received mentorship from tech industry professionals, learned from 40 instructors, technical advisors and project managers, and built 16 full-stack projects. 

A first-person perspective

Jalen Harris

Jalen Harris was part of the program's initial cohort.  

Technology, Harris said, "wasn't always a particular interest of mine