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Rushma Sujani has spent her career fighting for girls in the classroom and women in the

workforce, founding nonprofits, Girls Who Code and Moms First. She was named one of Times

26 women of the year for her work on women's rights. And her upcoming documentary, No Country for Mothers,

advocates for paid leave and affordable childcare. I sat down with Sujani for a Meet the Moment conversation about closing the gender

gap in technology careers and why she's teaching girls to be brave, not perfect.

Joining me now for a Meet the Moment conversation is Reshma Sujani.

Reshma, welcome to meet the press. So wonderful to be here with you, Kristen. It is so

wonderful to have you. Thank you for being here. We are excited to talk to you about everything that you do.

You are the founder of two incredibly successful nonprofit organizations,

girls who code, and moms first, both advocating for women in the workforce. You're also,

I'm going to look at my notes because the list is long, a New York Times best selling author,

a podcast host. You were named one of Times Women of the Year in February.

When did you know that you wanted to really dedicate your life to fighting for women's rights?

Probably from the time I was a little girl. You know, my parents came here as refugees.

They were expelled from Uganda in 1973, 90 days leave the country or they'd be shot on spot.

Even though they were both engineers, my mother's sole cosmetics, my father worked as a

machinist in a plant.

And my dad, when I was little, would always read to me about these books about Mahath-Magandhi

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