Break Through Tech, an initiative of Cornell Tech

Break Through Tech works at the intersection of academia and industry to propel more women and underrepresented communities into technology education and careers. Our goal is to achieve gender equality in tech. And we recognize that additional institutional barriers to access exist for specific groups - such as Black, Latina, Indigenous, low-income, and first-generation undergraduate college women and marginalized genders - and seek to elevate their voices and grow their numbers within the tech community.

Launched in 2016 in New York City as a partnership between Cornell Tech and the City University of New York (CUNY), Break Through Tech began expanding nationally in 2020 opening additional affiliate sites in Chicago, DC, and Miami.