Intel pledges $750,000 to help grow pool of Navajo code writers

The initiative is part of a broader $300 million commitment by Intel http://www.intel.com toward making its 50,000-strong U.S. workforce — which like most tech companies is largely white and male — better represent national demographics.

"We know that if we’re really going to fill in the (talent) pipeline, we need to aggressively address the gaps in that talent," says Barbara McAllister, deputy director of Intel’s Diversity and Technology Initiative, adding that the funds are in support the recently announced Science Foundation Arizona’s Code Talkers to Code Writers Initiative.

Marco della Cava, USA TODAY

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