{"id":16169,"date":"2014-07-03T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T21:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/theunicornfiles-featured-geek-phoenix-perry\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T18:55:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T01:55:51","slug":"theunicornfiles-featured-geek-phoenix-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/theunicornfiles-featured-geek-phoenix-perry\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16169 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/theunicornfiles-featured-geek-phoenix-perry\/attachment\/16170\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n83hqajjdr1tpi7bio1_540-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theunicornfiles.tumblr.com\/post\/90570751239\/featured-geek-phoenix-perry-on-being-a-female\">theunicornfiles<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Featured Geek: Phoenix Perry <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[On being a female geek in a male dominated field]<em> \u201cI was so freaked out by being in the computer science lab as a women when I was 18 that I left the field and became self taught. I couldn\u2019t do my homework without being hit on and that was wrong. I did a literature major because I liked reading and the department was female dominated. I always wonder what would have happened had I found a computer lab full of women instead. I will never be the programmer I could have been had I not been intimidated out of the field for my undergraduate education. Don\u2019t let that happen to you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phoenixperry\">Phoenix<\/a> is a game developer who describes herself as \u201cthe Sailor Mercury type.\u201d She\u2019s also an Adjunct Professor at NYU, teaching gaming and design, and is the founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/codeliberation.org\/\">Code Liberation Foundation<\/a>, which offers free game development workshops to women. When she\u2019s not busy with one of her many projects (this woman does everything!), you can find her gaming, coding, drawing, or enjoying alone time with her cats. Phoenix also likes to geek out on <em>Star Trek<\/em>,<em> Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>Sailor Moon<\/em>, and <em>Buffy<\/em>. Phoenix aims to inspire other lady nerds, advising women to find and keep confidence and \u201cbe kind to yourself,\u201d adding that if you can do that \u201cit\u2019s a huge win.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>theunicornfiles: Featured Geek: Phoenix Perry [On being a female geek in a male dominated field] \u201cI was so freaked out by being in the computer science lab as a women when I was 18 that I left the field and became self taught. 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