Reshma Saujani
Lawyer, activist and entrepreneur
Reshma Saujani is an American lawyer, activist and entrepreneur who founded Girls Who Code and Moms First. She is the author of Brave, Not Perfect.
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American Born in Illinois, United States
About Reshma Saujani
Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code, a nonprofit that works to narrow the gender gap in computing, in 2012. She also founded Moms First, a nonprofit that campaigns for policies supporting mothers. She was born in Chicago to Indian immigrant parents, who had left Uganda because of political unrest. Her degrees come from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Harvard Kennedy School and Yale Law School. Her early career spanned law, public service and finance, including a role as a deputy public advocate for New York City. She was the first Indian American woman to seek a seat in Congress, and in 2013 she ran in the Democratic primary for Public Advocate. Her books include Brave, Not Perfect. She also gave a TED talk urging that girls be taught bravery rather than perfection.