Spotlights

Game Changers

Our changemakers and game spotlights are designed to promote diversity in gaming and celebrate the women who are making change possible.

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Meet the Generational Changemakers

Women play games at the same rates as men and yet they are less visible in the industry. We’re working to change that by meeting, supporting and celebrating women of gaming.

Meet Mitu Khandaker

Discover how Mitu Khandaker, co-founder of Glow Up Games, went from gamer to game maker.

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Meet Momo Pixel

Discover how Momo Pixel is Changing the Game by using her style, passion and Pixel Art game, Hair Nah, to inspire more equity in the gaming industry.

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Meet Amira Virgil

Witness Amira Virgil Change the Game for authentic representation in gaming, with her Sims 4 mod pack that inspires girls who code and women in the gaming industry.

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Meet Ivana de Maria

Hear from Ivana de Maria, the tech founder and creator of Story Place, an app that allows users to create a digital story and share it with the world.

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Meet the CEOs: Shine’s Naomi Hirabayashi & Marah Lidey

Namoi Hirabayashi and Marah Lidey created shine with an acute awareness that while we’re all different, the need for self-care is universal. We caught up with the co-founders and CEOs about creating a truly inclusive mental health app, being women in leadership, and more.

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Meet the leader: Nao Udagawa of Bandai Namco

Nao Udagawa is the managing director of BANDAI NAMCO - a Japanese multinational video game publisher. She was the first female executive at one of the AAA console publishers and oversees multiple studios, including ONE PIECE TREASURE CRUISE. Read more about her inspiring story here.

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Meet Karolina Pawlikowksa: Canva Engineer

Karolina Pawlikowska’s passion for programming took her from Warsaw to Oslo, London, Amsterdam, and now Sydney - the headquarters of graphic-design app Canva. We talked to Pawlikowska about her lifelong love for tech and being a woman in a male-dominated field.

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