Role Model Pathway Tree
Many roots. Many routes. A future we shape together.
Explore the branches of technology and meet the women growing them.
Interactive Pathway Tree
Select a branch to explore
Each branch is a different technology pathway. Select one to meet the women working there.
Role Model Gallery
Meet the people behind the possibilities
Explore different roles, industries and routes into technology.
Featured stories
Pathways are rarely straight lines
Stories organised by shared experience—because one experience can lead to many different futures.
“I did not start in technology”
Women who began in other fields before finding their way into tech.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I changed careers”
Women who pivoted from one career into technology at a different stage of life.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I took the apprenticeship route”
Women who learned through apprenticeships rather than university.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I built something before I felt ready”
Women who created a product, project or business before they felt fully prepared.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I returned after a career break”
Women who came back to technology after time away.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I was the only woman in the room”
Women who navigated being the only woman in their team or field.
Approved stories will be added here.
“My culture shaped how I create”
Women whose heritage and culture influence how they build and lead.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I use technology to help people”
Women whose work focuses on education, health, climate and community.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I failed, learned and tried again”
Women who turned setbacks into stepping stones.
Approved stories will be added here.
“I do not write code—and I work in tech”
Women in project management, policy, ethics, marketing and education.
Approved stories will be added here.
Roots of the future
She began it → She is building it → You could take it further
Women from history whose work helped make today's technology possible—connected to Role Models applying that legacy today.
Ada Lovelace
1815–1852
Early computing
Wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine, envisioning that computers could do more than calculate.
Connected to: AI & Data
Katherine Johnson
1918–2020
Space science
NASA mathematician whose hand calculations were critical to crewed spaceflight.
Connected to: AI & Data
Hedy Lamarr
1914–2000
Telecommunications
Invented frequency-hopping technology that underpins modern Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.
Connected to: Cybersecurity
Grace Hopper
1906–1992
Software engineering
Created the first compiler and believed programming should be accessible to everyone.
Connected to: Engineering
Become a Role Model
Could your pathway help someone else begin?
Young people benefit from honest stories about choices, uncertainty, setbacks and growth—not only polished success.
Share your story
Record a short pathway video or contribute an approved written profile.
Join a conversation
Take part in a suitable panel, classroom encounter or careers discussion.
Support a practical activity
Help young people explore a problem, project or technology challenge.
Keep opening doors
Explore ways to remain involved when the right opportunity arises.
Safe mentoring
Help a girl grow her pathway
Safe, structured ways to support young people—always mediated by a school, Future Tech Pathways, or an approved partner.
School-hosted group mentoring
Join a supervised group session organised through a school or college.
Moderated careers panel
Answer pupil questions through a facilitated, recorded panel discussion.
Supervised project review
Give feedback on pupil projects through the school, not directly.
Record a short career video
Share your pathway story as an approved, published video resource.
Workplace encounter
Host a supervised school visit to your organisation.
Approved partner programme
Mentor through a vetted partner organisation with safeguarding in place.
Safeguarding note: All contact is mediated by a school, Future Tech Pathways, or an approved partner. There is no direct messaging between adults and children. Participation is subject to safeguarding checks, consent and clear boundaries.
Share your pathway