Women Who Reign: Sharon Roy

“No failure is truly a failure if I have learned new lessons from the journey.”
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Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!
I just graduated from The University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science in December 2016. I love furthering STEM education and I’m really interested in learning how to make community service more sustainable. Fun Fact: I was born in Sydney, Australia!

What # would define your life journey?
#getbackup

Favorite website / app:
Spotify
99% Invisible [I love you, Roman Mars!]

Someone who inspires you and knowledge they have imparted:
There’s an entire generation of women who moved to America as dependents (H4) on their husbands’ skilled worker (H1-B) visas. They left behind their careers, their passions, and their hard work towards their lifelong dreams. They got married and put their all into raising families and supporting the next generation of education and passionate careers. They became the support system that my generation of immigrant children came home to every day after school. These mothers found the balance between the culture and heritage that they left behind in their motherland and the newness in America. When peer pressure made us want to…