Billionniere, E., & Meyer, L. E., & Wang, Y., & Medina, E., & Pina, J. (2025, June), Insights from a Practice-Based Program: Connecting Women to Technology and Advancing Diversity in Computing  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . 10.18260/1-2--56805

\bibitem{asee_peer_56805}
  Billionniere, E., \& Meyer, L. E., \& Wang, Y., \& Medina, E., \& Pina, J. (2025, June), \emph{Insights from a Practice-Based Program: Connecting Women to Technology and Advancing Diversity in Computing}
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada .
  10.18260/1-2--56805

Elodie Billionniere, Lawrence Eric Meyer Jr, Yangting Wang, Eduardo Medina, and Jeremiah Pina.  "Insights from a Practice-Based Program: Connecting Women to Technology and Advancing Diversity in Computing".  2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada , 2025, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/56805 Internet.  24 Aug, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_56805}
  Elodie Billionniere, Lawrence Eric Meyer Jr, Yangting Wang, Eduardo Medina, and Jeremiah Pina.
  "Insights from a Practice-Based Program: Connecting Women to Technology and Advancing Diversity in Computing".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada , 2025, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/56805 Internet.  24 Aug, 2025

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