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Girls Power Tech Inspires the Next Generation of Tech Leaders
Girls Power Tech Inspires the Next Generation of Tech Leaders
Cisco Networking Academies across North Texas gathered for this year's Girls Power Tech event, held at the Cisco Richardson campus on April 17, 2025.
April 25, 2025
Five Empowering Tips for ICT Career Success
Five Empowering Tips for ICT Career Success
The path to a career in technology isn’t always easy, and I know this firsthand. I didn’t grow up dreaming of a tech career. I stepped into it out of
April 24, 2025
The Future of Cybersecurity: AI Does Play a Role
The Future of Cybersecurity: AI Does Play a Role
Join KB, Head of Cybersecurity Journalism at KBI.Media, in Cisco Networking Academy's Women Rock-IT webinar this October. Discover how AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity and empowering women in tech.
Sept. 3, 2024
Shifting gender stereotypes: ten years of Women Rock-IT
Shifting gender stereotypes: ten years of Women Rock-IT
Cisco Networking Academy marks a decade of empowering women in tech through its Women Rock-IT initiative, with a 35% global cumulative increase in female student participation over ten years.
May 30, 2024
Tech Tools for the Future: Zebras, AI, and Girls in ICT Day
Tech Tools for the Future: Zebras, AI, and Girls in ICT Day
Emma Reid interviews Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf about how AI is being used in animal conservation. Hear more on our special Women Rock-IT broadcast to support International Girls in ICT Day on April 25, 2024.
April 2, 2024
Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI
Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI
Join us for Women Rock-IT on April 25. Start exploring how you can use AI for an AI-fueled career boost. Hear from real-time innovators and leaders in their fields. Ask your questions and access free entry-level courses from Cisco Networking Academy to get started right away.
March 8, 2024
From childhood curiosity to Cisco’s FIFA Women’s World Cup all-female Dream Team
From childhood curiosity to Cisco’s FIFA Women’s World Cup all-female Dream Team
Noor Zafar is a Cybersecurity Cadet Risk Advisory Analyst at Deloitte and a speaker on Cisco Networking Academy’s Women Rock-IT broadcast. Noor Zafar is a Cybersecurity Cadet Risk Advisory Analyst at Deloitte and a speaker on Cisco Networking Academy’s Women Rock-IT broadcast.
Feb. 22, 2024
The complexity of the web of life
The complexity of the web of life
Cecilia Nilsson is a biologist using weather radar for conservation. She monitors bird and animal movements and migration systems.
Oct. 3, 2023
Debbie goes from being a full-time mother to a dynamo in networking
Debbie goes from being a full-time mother to a dynamo in networking
In Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate all of our Hispanic students and alums of Cisco Networking Academy's IT skills-to-jobs program. Debbie Gomez is one super-inspired individual who is sharing her passion for technology in her communities.
Sept. 28, 2023
Nurturing the next generation of climate tech talent
Nurturing the next generation of climate tech talent
A reflection on Girls in ICT Day and how our Women Rock-IT initiative is nurturing the next generation of climate tech talent.
June 1, 2023
Learning from technology to restore and protect forests
Learning from technology to restore and protect forests
Brent Davies, President of VP Data Commons, shares more about how she is using technology to help restore forests.
May 2, 2023
Work on Climate: Creating a talent ecosystem to address the urgent need for climate solutions
Work on Climate: Creating a talent ecosystem to address the urgent need for climate solutions
Nicole Sturzenberger, the Fundraising Director at Work on Climate, shares more about the workforce we need to solve climate change.
April 12, 2023