Brianna Fugate, C’2018, was a speaker at the second annual
Tech Superwomen’s Summit on May 3-4, in San Francisco, as part of her continuing journey into technology. The event, created and presented by
Tech By Superwomen, has become a platform for breakthrough conversations on data, culture and tech. It aims to help create more diversity in the tech space.
Fugate, a computer science major, describes her decision to pursue a career in technology as happening by chance when she volunteered with Black Girls Code in March 2015. Fugate has garnered several accomplishments as STEM student at Spelman, including a fellowship and selection to the Computer Science Summer Institute in Mountain View, California. Her achievements exemplify the
Strategic Plan 2022 theme, "Deliver the Spelman Promise."