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When we build an inclusive virtual reality experience, we promote a more inclusive real world experience. My job is to make sure the ecosystems Facebook builds reflect the world we live in.

Ebony Peay

Program Manager at Oculus_

Job description_

Ebony’s job is to work with team of developers to create virtual and augmented reality programs that reflect the world’s diversity. She learned coding on her own so she can communicate with the programmers she works with more effectively. Her work is critical to ensuring Facebook’s programs have universal appeal.

More about Ebony

Pathway_

  • Start
    Inspired by father who urged her to pursue tech and science
  • Studied Biology and Dance at University of Washington
  • Gained appreciation for empathy while teaching English to refugee women in Brooklyn
  • Early jobs ranged from professional dancer to Executive Assistant for the CEO of a startup
  • Taught herself Unity coding to communicate with coders better
  • Now
    Current job at Facebook as a program manager for diversity and inclusion
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