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b'In 2019, women earn .79 cents for every dollar a man makes. Though we can attribute the gender pay gap to several factors including occupational segregation, bias against working mothers, and circumstances like racial bias, disability, and access to education, there\\u2019s no denying numbers and that we still have a lot of work to do to create an even playing field.\\nOn today\\u2019s episode, I am thrilled to have a woman and mother who has been an advocate for closing the gender gap throughout her career.\\nReshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in tech and change the image of what a computer programmer looks like and does. It has reached 185,000 girls in all 50 states, Canada, and the UK. In 2019, Girls Who Code was awarded Most Innovative Non-Profit by Fast Company.\\nReshma is the author of the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect and has a podcast with the same name and the New York Times bestseller Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World. Reshma\\u2019s TED talk, \\u201cTeach girls, bravery not perfection,\\u201d has more than four million views and has sparked a worldwide conversation about how we\\u2019re raising our girls.\\nShe began her career as an attorney and activist. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. During the race, she visited local schools and saw the gender gap in computing classes firsthand, which led her to start Girls Who Code.\\nShe is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Harvard\\u2019s Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law. Her work on behalf of young women has earned her broad recognition on lists including: Fortune World\\u2019s Greatest Leaders; Fortune 40 Under 40; WSJ Magazine Innovator of the Year; Forbes Most Powerful Women Changing the World; and Fast Company 100 Most Creative People, among others.\\nShe lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their son, Shaan, and bulldog, Stanley.\\nMeet My Guest:\\n\\nWEBSITE: ReshmaSaujani.com\\n\\n\\nWEBSITE: GirlsWhoCode.com\\n\\n\\nINSTAGRAM: @reshmasaujani\\n\\n\\nINSTAGRAM: @girlswhocode\\n\\n\\nFACEBOOK: /reshma.saujani\\n\\n\\nFACEBOOK: /GirlsWhoCode\\n\\n\\nLINKEDIN: @reshma-saujani\\n\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n\\n01:51: Introduction\\n\\n04:03: How Reshma and Kanika met\\xa0\\n\\n05:10: Background\\n\\n07:10: Changing your given name\\n\\n10:00: Using your life in the service of others\\n\\n12:30: Rejection, failure and recovery\\n\\n15:55: Women in technology\\n\\n20:20: Girls are change makers\\n\\n22:40: Learning to code\\n\\n27:55: Allowing boys to be vulnerable and emotional\\n\\n30:00: Pregnancy and APS\\n\\n39:40: Learning how to prioritize you\\n\\n40:50: Mom Sense moment\\n\\n41:11: Quote of the day: "Brave, not perfect"\\n\\n41:46: Mom Haul\\n\\nMom Haul:\\nRENT THE RUNWAY: The Premier Designer Rental Destination'