Tech Innovator WebQuest: Angela Benton by Mrs. Henderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui Learn about some innovators and advocates who shaped the technologies we use today. en-us 2017-01-28 04:09:18 UTC 2017-02-03 05:54:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Angela Benton shares about her personal life and how that helped her become successful. lshenderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151007296 2017-02-01 22:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151007296 Angela Benton shares her experience opening the tech industry to Black innovators and other minorities. lshenderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151010021 2017-02-01 22:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151010021 Angela's biography from www.angelabenton.co lshenderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151010846 "Angela Benton embodies inspiration. She is a businesswoman, a cancer survivor, and a mother of three. She is a pioneer of diversity in the technology industry, founding NewME, the first accelerator for minorities, which has helped entrepreneurs raise over $25 million dollars." She has been featured by many news and media outlets for her work.]]> 2017-02-01 23:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151010846 What is an "entrepreneur"? lshenderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151011127 A person who starts and runs their own business]]> 2017-02-01 23:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151011127 Family lshenderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151011870 Angela is a mom. Here she is with her 3 daughters.]]> 2017-02-01 23:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151011870 On the News lshenderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151012132 Several news agencies, magazines, and other groups have interviewed Angela to find out about her work helping Blacks and other minorities start businesses in technology.]]> 2017-02-01 23:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151012132 Meet Angela Benton lshenderson https://padlet.com/lshenderson/ephgoe363nui/wish/151012444 Angela was born May 22, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois. She mostly grew up in Virginia near Washington DC. She graduated from 

American InterContinental University and took some courses at Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the founder and CEO of NewME Accelerator, a company that helps minorities start businesses and get the money to do it.

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