Interviews
These are media outlets where I’ve been interviewed or quoted.
- Kaya Thomas Knows That Success In Tech Starts With A Genuine Thirst For Knowledge, Bustle, August 26th, 2020
- The Developer Debrief on WWDC 2020 MacStories, July 20th, 2020
- 12 years of the App Store: democratizing software under Apple's rigid rules TechRadar, July 14th, 2020
- Virtual Conferences Mean All-Access—Except When They Don't Wired, June 27th 2020
- How I Thrive: We Read Too Founder Kaya Thomas Silk & Sonder, June 22nd, 2020
- Kaya Thomas, the iOS Developer Working to Achieve Inclusivity in Tech Welcome To The Jungle, March 4th, 2020
- Create & Cultivate 100: STEM & Finance: Kaya Thomas Create & Cultivate, January 21st, 2019
- Kaya Thomas Believes People Of Color Should See Themselves In Books, And She’s Making It Happen Through Coding Bustle, April 10th, 2018
- Meet The Developer: A Book Lover With a Cause App Store, February 22nd, 2018
- How This App Developer Is Reminding Minority Kids That Their Stories Matter Forbes, November 29th, 2017
- The Software Developer Bringing Diversity to Your Reading List Motherboard, November 30th, 2017
- Kaya Thomas Brings Authors of Color to Young People With Her We Read Too App Teen Vogue, April 12th, 2017
- This app helps young people of color find books that represent them HelloGiggles, April 11th, 2017
- We Read Too app showcases books by, about minorities Fox 5 News April 11th, 2017
- ‘We Read Too’ app connects young readers of color with books they can relate to Mashable, April 10th, 2017
- When This Woman Didn’t Feel Represented In The Books She Was Reading, She Started An App To Find Ones That Did A Plus, April 7th, 2017
- Student Creates App to Find Diverse Books MicheaLA, April 5, 2017
- College Student Creates A Mobile Directory Of 600 Books That Prioritize Diversity The Huffington Post, April 3rd, 2017
- This College Senior Launched The ‘We Read Too’ App To Get Diverse Books Into The Hands Of Kids And Teens Bustle, March 30th, 2017
- Sexism in Tech is a Feature, Not a Bug The Ringer, March 6th, 2017
- Digital apps and subscription boxes put books by black authors in readers’ hands Salon, February 27th, 2017
- Bias in Technology Communications of the ACM, January 2017
- Why Can’t Silicon Valley Solve Its Diversity Problem? The New Yorker November 26th, 2016
- These Are the Biggest Misconceptions About College Women Glamour, April 28th, 2016
- 2016 College Women of the Year: Kaya Thomas Glamour, April 5th, 2016
- What it’s Like to Be a Black Woman in Tech: A Q&A with Kaya Thomas DreamHost Blog, August 25th, 2016
- Kaya Thomas ’17 Wins Kudos for Young Reader App Dartmouth Now, April 25th, 2016
- How Coder Kaya Thomas Wants to Bring #BlackGirlMagic to the Tech World Essence, February 29th, 2016
- This 20 Year Old Female App Developer Is Showing The World What A Coder Looks Like PowerToFly, November 16th, 2015
- The Future of Tomorrow Complex, October 26th, 2015
- Wogrammer, Kaya Thomas Medium, April 29th, 2015
- Young Developer Kaya Thomas Says Coding is a Business Must The Network Journal, April 15th, 2015
- Black Girls Rock Highlights: M.A.D. Girls Show Highlight: Kaya Thomas BET, April 5th, 2015
- Michelle Obama honors Staten Island techie at BET’s ‘Black Girls Rock!’ SI Live, April 1st, 2015
- Looking for Children’s Books With Black Characters? There’s an App for That BET News, September 10th, 2014
- Meet Kaya Thomas: Founder of ‘We Read Too’ – An App Showcasing Literature For & By People of Color Innov8tiv, September 4th, 2014
Podcasts
These are podcasts where I have been a guest in an episode.
- Designers Working With Software Engineers | Kaya Thomas, Calm UI Narrative July 21st, 2020
- 88: “WWDC20 Keynote Poker”, with special guests Ellen Shapiro and Kaya Thomas Stacktrace by 9to5Mac June 17th 2020
- 77: “Structs that are real”, featuring Kaya Thomas, Casey Liss, Christian Selig and Jordan Morgan Stacktrace by 9to5Mac April 1st 2020
- 75: “One big remote family”, featuring Kaya Thomas, Curtis Herbert and Casey Liss Stacktrace by 9to5Mac March 18th 2020
- 3: Kaya Thomas Launched January 15th 2020
- 5: 'WWDC 2019,' with Kaya Thomas and Leah Culver Breaking Ground June 13th 2019
- Blind Hiring, While Well Meaning, May Create Unintended Consequences NPR Planet Money, April 12th, 2016
- We Read Too – Diversifying publishing with Kaya Thomas BookNet Canada, March 22nd, 2016
- Computer Science in School VS The Real World With Kaya Thomas The Hansel Minutes, August 28th, 2015
- Revision Path Episode 88: Kaya Thomas Revision Path, July 20th 2015
- Intel commits $300 million to diversify tech ranks NPR’s Marketplace, January 7th, 2015
Featured Lists
These are media lists where I've been featured.
- The Best Apps from Black Developers: Self Care, Social Justice & More iPhone Life Magazine, July 29th, 2020
- Stand Up to Racism, Apps to engage and stay informed Apple App Store, May 2020
- New Black Renaissance | The 5 Afrotech leaders bringing diversity to Silicon Valley Revolt TV, February 11th, 2018
- 6 Young Black Women Making a Difference in Tech New Relic, February 24th, 2017
- 21 Black Girl Bosses Who Slay All Day Buzzfeed, February 12th, 2016
- #ILookLikeAnEngineer: 5 Black Women Engineers We Look Up To Blavity, August 10th, 2015
- 26 Apps Created by Black Women You Have to Check Out For Harriet, June 16th, 2015
- 10 Awesome and Successful Women in the Field of Computer Science You Should Know Atlanta Blackstar Blerds, May 26th, 2015
- Natura’s 2015 Picks: 10 Women of Color Who are Changing the Game Natura Magazine USA, May 12th 2015
- 5 Black Women in Tech Bring Innovation To the Male-Led Industry Black Enterprise, April 29th, 2015
- 10 Black Women who are Changing the Face of Tech The Root, March 12th, 2015
- The Root’s 2015 Young Futurists The Root, February 9th, 2015
- Innov8tiv’s 50 Young Visionary Women Leaders To Watch In 2015 Innov8tiv, December 31st, 2014