I want to thank all the people that presented and attended the recent NCWIT/BPC K-12 Outreach Workshop in Washington, D.C. this month. From what I hear and what I saw, it was a smashing success. BPC and NCWIT are working hard to get good programs to "where the students are," and I hope this workshop helped us all take a step in that direction.

Please join us in congratulating the winner of the first annual NCWIT Symons Innovator Award, Anousheh Ansari.

While the image of computing often brings to mind someone laboring at a computer, my career in computer science has taught me that computer science is all about ideas.

Today is Ada Lovelace day, the day we should acknowledge our tech heroines.

So this is to all my heroines: those women who decided to create something new. Something techy and new! Those who found their calling and passion in innovation and feel their lives won't be complete without it. Those who pursue the unknown, face the anxiety, invite the thrill and enjoy the pride that comes with the outcome.

For the ones who decided that moving forward is better than staying in place. For those who are taking us all forward with them.