The office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at UT Austin will focus on addressing the income inequality gap for overlooked communities by helping them learn the tools of wealth creation, innovative thinking, community stewardship, and social impact.
Texas 2030 Inclusion Challenge
The Texas 2030 Inclusion Challenge is a city-wide call to action. By the year 2030 Austin will be one of the leading technology hubs, home to many more startup and fast-growing companies, and it will be more diverse than ever. However, we now see that even with the economic boom in the tech sector and other fast-growing industries in our city, we are not keeping pace with the level of inclusivity we need to make Austin a more equitable city. The Inclusion Challenge challenges companies to start investing today in helping advance diversity and inclusion within their workforce and senior leadership positions so that by 2030 their industry’s workforce demographics will reflect the demographics of our city as a whole.
Product Prodigy
The Product Prodigy Institute is a two semester-long class that takes students from underprivileged and underrepresented backgrounds through the process of creating and learning the hard/soft skills for launching a venture. Product Prodigy Institute immerses students in an intense and supported environment that leaves them graduating with college-level coursework, marketable job skills, and cutting-edge entrepreneurial training. The program focuses on social impact through a combination of product management training and human-centered design. Being part to the Product Prodigy Institute is a very rewarding experience, as I am able to contribute to the development of curriculum, as well as lecture on design strategy and the process of innovation for our youth
W.I.E.L.D Texas
The Women’s Initiative for Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development – Texas (WIELD Texas) is a career incubator program launched by the Office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University at Texas at Austin. Work will begin with the program’s inaugural cohort in the spring of 2020.
Mentorship has its Privileges
Mentoring students at the college level is such a great experience for me. They have ideas that challenge you as a professional, yet professional input as a is challenged. The feeling of putting your own models, methodologies, and opinions at risk is exhilarating, but the big payoff is witnessing a young human grow before your eyes because you expanded their world of thought.
