We had a lot of applications this year and it was a lot of hard decisions but please congratulate our 2017 Scholarship Awardees. Thank you to Meggan Scavio and GDC for continuing the Scholarship program which gives 25 All Access Passes to the Game Developers Conference to organizations so they can assist with getting more people to GDC for a week of professional development.
- Nuha Alkadi
- Rachel Bazelais
- Richard Bottoms
- Wren Brier
- Diana Chaudron
- Kate Dollarhyde
- Charlotte Ellett
- Colin Grant
- Ariana Green
- Jennifer Johnson
- Crysta Frost
- Masha Lepire
- Joseph Lu
- Trushitha Narla
- Linda Nguyen
- Lorien Smyer
- Rejon Taylor-Foster
- Jessica Tompkins
- J. Tuason
- Andrada Tudor
- Jenny Xu
- JC Lau
- Taylor Ambrosio Wood
- Dante Douglas
- Rachel Hwang
Thank you to our review committee:
- Tanya DePass
- Bianca J. Anderson
- Rami Ismail
- Jane Ng
- Glenn White
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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives.
Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.
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Congrats to all our @INeedDivGms Scholarship awardees!
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Thank you!!!
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I am so grateful for the opportunity to attend my first Game Developer’s Conference!
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