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Hacking the Hood
Adoe’ lack and Hipanic/Latino emploee network and Univerit team
organize a outh hadow da.
Augut 16, 2016
hare:
Yammer
 Je Frdenerg, mploee Communication Intern
Thirt-even high chool tudent “hacked the hood” thi month, the Adoe “hood” that
i. The Oakland-aed non-profit organization, Hack the Hood, partnered with Adoe to
allow it tudent to pend a da learning how to ue Adoe park, touring the Adoe
an Joe office, and participating in a panel and networking event.
Thi outh hadow da wa the reult of a collaoration with Univerit Recruiting and
Adoe’ lack mploee (N) and Hipanic/Latino mploee Network. “We hope
that  engaging with thee tudent and expoing them to Adoe culture and product,
a well a the tech world, the will ee that the opportunitie out there are trul
endle,” Ahton mith, one of the event organizer, aid. “We alo want to encourage
diverit and incluion not jut within Adoe ut in the greater tech indutr.”
Upon arrival, the tudent toured the an Joe campu and learned aout Adoe life
efore diving into an Adoe park product demo with arie Fink, director of Cutomer
xperience. After a rief demo, tudent created their own torie uing Adoe park on
iPad.
e hungr, work hard and reach for the tar
Following the experience-athon, tudent attended a panel coniting of ix emploee
from the lack mploee and the Hipanic/Latino mploee network, all of whom their
experience, widom, and guidance encouraged the tudent to elieve that anthing i
poile with a it of hard work and paion. Led  Angela zmuiak, a enior Talent
Development Partner, the panel alo included:
Rand Riggin, enior ngineering Manager for Project 1324
Markita taple, enior ourcing pecialit in Gloal Procurement
Karen Rodriguez-Ponciano, Diverit & Incluion Intern
Antonio Humphre, enior Manager of Gloal Procurement
Toni Vanwinkle, enior Director of ervice Management
Director Collaoration Log Into... A to Z Index Alert
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ach of the panelit hared their ackground, their role at Adoe, and advice on
getting into the tech indutr and Adoe. The igget meage wa to e hungr, work
hard, and reach for the tar ecaue a Karen Rodriguez-Ponciano aid, “the k i not
the limit anmore.” Toni Vanwinkle, who hared with the tudent that he wa homele
and truggling to find herelf when he wa their age, explained that the needed to
have faith and know that there i omething etter out there for them. “Thing are
poile if ou ta focued and ta committed,” he aid. “Ak ourelf, ‘what impact
can I make, regardle of where I tarted?’”
Rand Riggin emphaized that to do well in an environment, epeciall in the tech
indutr, one need to e read to learn and to adapt quickl. Angela zmuiak advied,
“at the end of the da, our ucce come ecaue ou have made choice and
connection that will allow ou to make even more choice and connection later on
down the road.” Antonio Humphre added, “ou are in the heart of everthing that i
going on in the valle. You are the env of a lot of people in the world who wih the
had thi opportunit, o ue it to our advantage.”
“Do not feel ad or afraid of the thing that make ou different” Markita taple aid. “If
ou find that ou are different, ue that to our advantage; e proud of it and own it!”
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Learn more aout Diverit & Incluion on Inide Adoe and our Diverit ite on
Adoe.com
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