ABOUT US
EMPOWERING LEADERS AND CREATORS
IN TECHNOLOGY
TECH-Nique's mission is to provide community-centric opportunities in technology that elevate the voices and experiences of underrepresented groups. We equip our participants not just to be consumers of technology, but also game-changing creators and LEADERS in the field.
TECH-Nique is creating an ecosystem of support and opportunity - after graduating from our programs, participants are invited to become part of the TECH-Nique leadership team, serving as near-peer mentors, facilitators, and role models in the next season of programming.
We are Growing
2018
TECH-Nique is founded.
2019
First program kicks off teaching young women of color app development and websites creation by creating these items for community partners.
10
participants
2020
TECC Boss program is added.
Due to pandemic, all programs go virtual.
Entrepreneurship, data analytics, UX, and digital marketing aspects added.
40
participants
2021
All That Tech Conference for Girls, a partnership with JCPS, kicks off.
Run Alo Le Mond (Hello World), a program with youth from Haiti to create an IOT device to solve their community problems.
120
participants
2022
Stem Festival added to All that Tech Conference for Girls.
Youth who graduated from TECC Boss begin teaching coding classes to other youth.
2023
Taking over Butterfly Project for Louisville Future of Work Initiative, bringing Tech training and data analytics project support to nonprofits (including survey design, analytics and visualization).
TBD
participants
300
participants
2023 Metro United Way
Changing the Narrative Award
2021 Social Impact Organization of the Year 2021 - Women in Tech Conference
Partner Clients
Partner
Past and Current Clients
Grant Providers
Our Team
Alisia
McClain
Founder/Executive Director
Angelica McClendon
Curriculum Designer
Shamia
Allen
Program Manager/Website Designer
Ladaysha Wade
Program Manager/Coding Instructor
Jade
Brown
Facilitator
Larry Roberts
Program Manager/Coding Instructor
Our Board
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Mary-Ellen Wiederwohl - Accelerate for America
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Rider Rodriguez - Kicksaw
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Carmen Moreno-Rivera - Transformative Strategist
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Timalyn Bowens - Bowens Tax and Accounting
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Natalia Bishop - University of Louisville / Level Up
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Aysia Gilbert - University of Louisville (and former Tech-nique program manager)
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Alisia McClain - Founder of TECH-Nique