Women in Robotics and Women Founders Network host events at Port San Antonio and Geekdom for women seeking advice, inspiration and connection.
Bianca Rhodes, president and CEO of Knight Aerospace, is one of several featured speakers at Wednesday evening's Leading Women in Tech Event at the Capital Factory in the Boeing Center.Women make up just over half of the U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau,But women make up only about a third of those employed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics -related fields,Get the latest San Antonio news delivered to your inbox every morning.
On Friday morning at Geekdom, women business founders — and those who aspire to that role — can attend the Women Founders Network’s latest event, “Marketing Strategy: Connecting to your Perfect Customer.”in San Antonio is the only Texas chapter of the international nonprofit.
the work they’re doing in their respective fields, along with advice on how to break into these industries. She became only the second woman working at Knight Aerospace when she acquired the company in 2017; the other was the receptionist. Rhodes has been working to change that ever since. Speaking at events like this one helps, she said. “It’s really important to increase women’s awareness about what they can do,” she said. “Especially for younger women, to understand the options available to them.”
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