Pariss Athena began her career in tech as a front-end developer back in 2017. Today, she is creator of the hashtag and movement #BlackTechTwitter, bringing awareness and exposure to the Black community in the tech industry. She is also Founder of Black Tech Pipeline, a service based platform connecting opportunity extenders to Black technologists. Pariss also runs a Slack and Discord community for #BlackTechTwitter, as well as a newsletter dedicated to shining a light on influencers within the community.