The 14-Year-Old Who Founded Girls Who Hack Is Inspiring the Next Generation of Hackers
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dypgkw/the-14-year-old-who-founded-girls-who-hack-is-inspiring-the-next-generation-of-hackers
Bianca Lewis, or as she is known in the hacker world: BiaSciLab, is part of the next generation of hackers. At 14 years old, she has already made a name for herself in hacker conference circles when a few years ago, she was among a group of kids that hacked into an election reporting system. This inspired her to start her Secure Open Vote project, where she plans to build a secure end-to-end election system.
Lewis also started Girls Who Hack, where she focuses on teaching girls the skills they need to get into hacking, starting at a very basic level. “Women aren't really taken as seriously in the cybersecurity field, and I've noticed that with most of my girlfriends, they don't really get opportunities to work with a community of girls to learn,” she says. “And just working in this field, being younger and having a new perspective makes me want to teach a different way and showcase things in a different way. And it makes it feel easier to teach to kids who are my age. Kids don't really want to learn from an adult who's super technical, but someone their age who's just explaining it to them as a friend.”