But I had the same contribution…

Board by board, step by step, a small girl from a third world country traveled to a developed country, the United States, to follow in the footsteps of her father. After a mere two days of landing in a different world, she was challenged by the patriarchy. Her dream was to pursue a career in technology, a field where women are sidelined, and men dominate.

An upperclassman asked, “Why did you come to the States? And why Computer Science? Did you pick it to score the VISA?”