Who run the world? Girls who code.
17-year-old Shazmin and 15-year-old Jaymi are two New York high school students currently killing the game as a part of Girls Who Code, an organization that works to provide young women with the skills to pursue opportunities in the STEM fields.
Shazmin (a rising senior at the Bronx High School of Science) and Jaymi (a junior at Glen Ridge High School) met during the summer program at GWC in New York City.
Shazmin, pictured above
For their final project the duo created Bias Breaker, an RPG-style game which addresses the lack of representation in media and attempts to break down sexist, racist, and homophobic stereotypes.
How does it work? When players begin the game, they can choose from three diverse characters:
Courtesy of game's creators
"When thinking of a problem to address with our game, the first thing that came to us was the lack of diversity in media. At the same time though, we didn't want the game to be too serious," Shazmin told BuzzFeed News. "We thought it would be funny if we took 'breaking stereotypes' in a literal sense."
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