Angela Liu is the Director of
Hack.Diversity, the workforce development division of the New England Venture Capital Association. Launched in 2017,
Hack.Diversity partners with Boston’s fast growing tech teams to not only increase the representation of Black and Latinx technologists in the innovation economy, but also evolve organizational practices to support retention and promotion of that talent. By the end of 2020, Liu will have scaled operations, community, and curriculum to support a network of 150+ Hack Fellows to contribute to 25+ companies including Drift, Rapid7, Liberty Mutual, Tamr, and Vertex. Prior to joining NEVCA and
Hack.Diversity, Liu spent three years at MIT building pipelines towards STEM education access for students historically underserved and underrepresented in STEM fields. A 2020 Spark Boston Impact Winner, Liu is a “1.5 generation” immigrant from Guangzhou, China and first-generation college student who studied Science, Technology, and International Affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Discover more Boston Speaks Up at Boston Business Journal's BostInno:
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