Michelle Glauser is the founder and CEO of Techtonica, a nonprofit that offers tech training with stipends, laptops, mentors, and job placement or job search support to women and non-binary adults seeking economic empowerment. Michelle counts herself lucky to have transitioned into software engineering and cares greatly about helping underestimated people enjoy the same empowerment she experienced working in tech. She loves looking at old houses, reading, eating chocolate, and going on walks with her fluffy black dog, Maggie.