If you really want to put ‘America First,’ support tech industry immigrants

This column is part of a series called “Voices of Women in Tech,” created in collaboration with AnitaB.org, a global enterprise that supports women in technical fields, as well as the organizations that employ them and the academic institutions training the next generation.

As the daughter of a family of overachievers in Kolkata, India, I knew that an advanced degree from an American university would put me on a path to success. With just two suitcases filled with belongings, I came to this country — where I knew practically no one — to study for a master’s degree in computer and information sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Read more…

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