Top Tips for Women in Tech Series with insights and advice from Yoli Stancil, VP of Network and Field Operations. [telecom]

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By: Donna M Rivera

No matter how you look at it, a more gender-diverse workforce is better for business, especially in technology.

Technology is about creating solutions, taking action and meeting a need. How can we do that without representation from all walks of life? And yet, in 2020 only 25% of technical roles were held by women, and in engineering that number was even lower at 20%. When considering racial diversity, the numbers are even more glaring: The National Center for Women & Information Technology reported that of the 25% of women working in tech, just 5% are Asian, 3% are Black, and 1% is Latina.