Hey, it's Jessica Honegger, founder of the socially conscious fashion brand Nune Day Collection,

and this is the Going Scared Podcast, where we cover all things social impact entrepreneurship and

courage. Today we are joined by the incredible Reshma Sujani she is the

founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, which is a national

nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the

image of what a programmer looks like and does.

Y'all Amally asked for Legos as a seventh grader and I was so thrilled.

So we cover some of that today.

How can we raise girls who are interested in

science and math and close that gender gap? In 2010, Reschma was the first

Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress and she just

released a new book, Brave, Not Perfect, Fear Less, Fail More, and live Boulder. As you can tell, we are kindred spirits and I can't

wait for you to give this show a listen. So you ran for Congress in 2010, which I just don't think there is a whole lot more bravery that you can exhibit.

We're running for political office in America.

So I want to hear the story behind your story.

What led you into politics? Well I you know my parents came

here as refugees from Uganda and essentially in the 1970s

Eidean me the dictator had kind of expelled all of the

Ugandan Asians from the country. They had like 90 days to leave the country or

they'd be shot on spot. And so my entire family was displaced. And so my entire family was displaced.

And so my parents were fortunate to be two of a thousand refugees who got status to come to the US.

And you know, my father would often like sit me on his lap and he would read to me about like Dr. King and Mahath

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