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    In case you're wondering, her real first name is definitely Ethiopia, just like the country located in the horn of Africa! Ethiopia Hewitt has been working in the field of web design and graphics for over five years. She has always had a 

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    Jul182010

    Black Digerati: Ethiopia Hewitt

    In case you're wondering, her real first name is definitely Ethiopia, just like the country located in the horn of Africa! Ethiopia Hewitt has been working in the field of web design and graphics for over five years. She has always had a talent for mathematics and a love for fashion and design. She pursued the former by studying for a mathematics degree from Spelman College. While at Spelman she explored her artistic interests by working as a production artist at an urban fashion

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    Black Digerati: Ejovi Nuwere

    Ejovi Nuwere grew up in the impoverished Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn. After watching a close friend gunned down as a teenager and his mother succumb to drugs, Ejovi began searching for an escape and found it in technology. By the age of 15 Ejovi had become a computer security professional working for an Internet Service Provider in Manhattan that he originally hacked in to! By age 21 he was already an accomplished security expert working for one of the world's major investment

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    May292010

    Black Digerati: Dr. Enid Montague

    Dr. Enid Montague is a human factors and ergonomics engineer, assistant professor and Anna Julia Cooper Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. For those of you who are wondering, Human Factors Engineering is the scientific discipline concerned with understanding the interaction between humans and other elements in a system, with the goal of enhanced performance, increased safety, and increased

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    Apr012010

    Black Digerati: Andrea Grimes

    Andrea Grimes represents what our tagline is here at Noire Digerati, The Future Face of Technology! Andrea is a Ph.D. candidate in Human-Centered Computing at the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech University. Her research lies within the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). A member of Associate Professor Beki Grinter's Work2Play Lab, Andrea's research involves studying aspects of human life to design technology that resonates with existing

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