Please congratulate our 2019 GDC Scholarship awardees! Everyone received a Conference + Summit Pass provided to us by Official GDC as part of the GDC Scholarship program. 

Thanks again to our review committee:

  • Tanya DePass
  • Jane Ng
  • Andrien Gbinigie
  • Glenn White
  • Bianca Anderson

Our Awardees:

  • Ryan Rose Aceae
  • Bunny Hanlon
  • Jordan Jones-Brewster
  • Gabriela Kim Passos
  • Jayd Matyas
  • Adri Mills
  • Maude Roussin
  • Renante Silvestre
  • Nakura Stout
  • Jessica Sutich
  • Sherveen Uduwana
  • Yi Zhang
  • Ruth Bosch
  • Nansy Khanano
  • Arianna Eiler
  • Aspen Adgerson
  • Mari Kyle
  • Kelsey Martin
  • Ashley Chrisman
  • Rachel Sala
  • KC Shi

Thank you Game Developers Conference for making this program available!

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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.