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The Latinas in Computing (LiC) community was formed with the help of the Anita  Borg Insitute for Women inTechnology (ABI)  after a Birds of a Feather session at the 2006 Grace Hopper Conference . Since then, members have been organizing various panels and Birds of a Feather sessions every year targeted specifically for Latinas who are qualified as double minorities in the computing field. This year, Latinas in Computing has joined forces with leaders of other underrepresented communities such as Black Women in Computing, Native Americans and People with Disabilities and have put together the Women of Underrepresented Groups (WURG) Track. The track's sessions are tailored at addressing challenges specific to double minorities. Below is an interview to Anamary Leal , member of Latinas in Computing, and a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Virginia Tech. Anamary is a Grace Hopper veteran and she shares with us what motivates her to attend GHC and the importance of s...

NSF-Sponsored Academic Workshop in Computing for Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities and People with Disabilities at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Post-Doc, and Senior Doctoral Student Thursday, 15 March 2012 – Sunday, 18 March 2012 Georgia Tech Global Learning Center , http://www.gatechcenter.com/ Deadline for Participant Applications – Tuesday, 10 January 2012 http://apply2.cse.tamu.edu/AcademicCareerWorkshop/ The 2012 Workshop is co-located with the Minority Faculty Development Workshop in Engineering The Coalition to Diversify Computing ( CDC ) , the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT ( CMD-IT ) , Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions ( CAHSI ) , and the Alliance for Access to Computing Careers ( AccessComputing ) are organizing the fifth annual Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities and People with Disabilities with funding from NSF, which covers participant travel, lodging, and mee...