Vanessa Hurst gave a presentation at the Girl Geek Dinner NYC where she introduced herself and her goal of using computing to improve people's lives. She discussed organizations like Developers for Good, Girl Develop It, and CodeMontage that are working to promote technology for social good. Vanessa encouraged the audience to lose perfectionism, keep idealism, and be the visible change they want to see in the world, as Gandhi said. She concluded by inviting questions.