Ashley Juavinett, PhD and Cat Hicks, PhD explore technical skills, the science of innovation, STEM pathways, and our beliefs about who gets to be technical—so you can be a better leader and we can all build a better future.
Ashley, a neuroscientist, and Cat, a psychologist for software teams, tell stories of change from classrooms to workplaces.
Also, they're married.
Ashley is an educator, writer, and neuroscientist currently working as an Associate Teaching Professor at UC San Diego. She is the author of "So You Want To Be a Neuroscientist?" and leads a research lab which seeks to develop best practices for teaching computing in biology. Ashley spends most days thinking about how we teach and learn about the brain and ultimately, ourselves.
Cat is a psychologist who studies software teams, a research leader, an empirical interventionist, and a creative entrepreneur. She's the founder of Catharsis Consulting and the Developer Success Lab and holds a PhD in Quantitative Psychology from UC San Diego. She loves using data, storytelling, and empathic community-based methods to make sense of the world and help people learn to drive real, lasting change.
Danilo is a software developer, interaction and product designer, and first-generation knowledge worker. He's spent his career in venture-funded startups, while pursuing any opportunity to make the creative power of software more accessible to newcomers. A life-long student of science fiction, Danilo works in the service of a future worth waking up in.
