SHANA
SANDERS
My VIBE

Driving Change at the Intersection of Technology, Culture, and Community.

I built what I needed when I was in school, and then I built it for everyone who came after me. As an Emmy Award winner, Google AI Fellow, and Founder & CEO of We Create Tech, I work at the intersection of technology, education, and culture to make sure brilliant students are not overlooked simply because no one built the right door for them.

I spent years in the classroom watching talented students leave for college full of potential and come back home because the bridge was not there. That is why I build bridges.

Through We Create Tech, we have reached over 2,000 students across 20 states and 6 countries with hands-on STEAM programming that meets them where they are and takes them where they are going.

I also take on select branding, web design, and digital strategy projects for entrepreneurs and organizations doing work that aligns with my values. If that sounds like you, let's connect.

This work is personal. It has always been personal. And it is far from finished.
-Shana

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Press and media

In the Media.

Where the work has been covered and where I have shown up to talk about it. It started in a classroom, and the students are still the point.

Speaking, panels & hosting

UpcomingNov 21, 2026

Panelist: Girls Meet Tech by You Go Girl

A day of hands-on tech and conversations with women in STEM at the Kiewit Luminarium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Host2026

Opening session: Google Data Center Community AI Fellows

Hosted the opening session for the new cohort of Google Data Center Community AI Fellows, sharing what the fellowship made possible and how each room led to the next.

Host and moderatorFall 2025

Mandela Washington Fellowship: Professional Development Experience

We Create Tech hosted Mandela Washington Fellows through IREX's Professional Development Experience, and Shana moderated the 2025 PDE wrap-up panel with fellows from Malawi, Senegal, Namibia, and Mauritania.

PresenterMay 2026

Explore AI for All with Google, Omaha

Presented AI in Action with Google and Watson Institute Fellows, then joined an AI knowledge-sharing session at Catalyst Omaha on expanding access to tech education, mentorship, and opportunity.

SpeakerApr 2026

TEDxAtlanta Impact Night Salon

One of five Atlanta nonprofit leaders at the first Impact Night Salon, telling the stories of two students and making the case that the gap was never talent.

Panelist and honoreeMar 2026

BuildHER Summit: Fulton County IT

Spoke on BuildHER: Creating a Blueprint for Women Leaders, and was recognized by the Fulton County Department of Information Technology for leadership in STEAM education and community innovation.

PanelistSpring 2025

Universal HER: Microsoft Atlanta

Trusting your inner compass and navigating tech career pathways with college women from across Georgia.

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Fellowships & leadership

Milestone Leadership Development Program

Watson Institute, sponsored by Google2026

Google Data Center Community AI Fellow

Google and the Watson Institute

2026 DoW STEM Ambassador

TGR Foundation & U.S. Department of War2026 to 2027

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Fundable Founders Learning Lab

Black Ambition2026

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Keynotes, panels, AI training, advising, and press. Share your event details and budget range, and Shana's team follows up within three business days.

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LEARN MORE about my NON-Profit

We Create Tech

We Create Tech exists to close the opportunity divide in STEAM. We build a comprehensive ecosystem of hands-on programs, industry advisors, and community-driven career pathways that meets students where they are and takes them where they are going.

From weekly lab sessions and summer camps to certification platforms and adaptive tech design, we don't just teach students about technology. We build the conditions for them to create it, own it, and build careers and ventures from it.

This work is personal. It started in a classroom. And it is far from finished.

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