Tanya Gunn

After 17 years of part-time study, Tanya Gunn graduated in 2001.Today, she is manager of Change and Problem Management at the American Chemical Society,

Tanya Gunn, today a high-ranking computer technology executive, embodies the trend.

Gunn studied psychology at Howard University for 3 years, but then, driven by a desire for financial independence, she left school and went to work as a secretary at the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.She showed a flair for computers; though she won promotions, she knew that she needed more training and a degree to make the most of her potential.

By that time she was married and had two daughters.And so, in the early 1980s, she began taking night classes at the University of Maryland, University College.

She was older, she was black, she was a woman,and in those early years, she wasn't always welcome in the world of computer geeks."There weren't that many women majoring in computer sciences," Gunn said in an interview.
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After 17 years of part-time study, Gunn graduated in 2001.Today, after a series of promotions, she is manager of Change and Problem Management at the American Chemical Society, overseeing centralized communication and tracking of IT upgrades to promote better understanding of the changes across the organization.

Tanya Gunn, today a high-ranking computer technology executive, embodies the trend.

Gunn studied psychology at Howard University for three years, but then, driven by a desire for financial independence, she left school and went to work as a secretary at the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.She showed a flair for computers; though she won promotions, she knew that she needed more training and a degree to make the most of her potential.

By that time she was married and had two daughters.And so, in the early 1980s, she began taking night classes at the University of Maryland, University College.

She was older, she's black, she's a woman-and in those early years, she wasn't always welcome in the world of computer geeks."There weren't that many women majoring in computer sciences," Gunn said in an interview.
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After 17 years of part-time study, Gunn graduated in 2001.Today, after a series of promotions, she is manager of change and problem management at the American Chemical Society, overseeing centralized communication and tracking of IT upgrades to promote better understanding of the changes across the organization.