Asia Sharif is an multi-award winning software engineer working within the FinTech industry at a leading bank in the U.K, the founder of ChainVerse and TechNewbies, an engineering mentor, public speaker, blogger, role model, and tech enthusiast.
Asia came from a non-technical background and transitioned into technology in January 2021 with the sole purpose of becoming an inspiration, seeking change, and advocating for women in technology.
Asia’s mission is to build a technology school, provide scholarships for foster children and women in tech through communities and ChainVerse, and keep mentoring hundreds of women and people from underrepresented backgrounds. Asia has now inspired 1000s of people worldwide.
Coming from an underprivileged background, Asia takes pride in the importance of helping others and is an advocate for self-development. Asia strongly believes in mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional elevation and allocates time to host workshops and tech talks to encourage women to develop a growth mindset.
Asia has worked with and is a member of many vital communities who also share her goal to promote and elevate more women and people from underrepresented backgrounds into tech, Asia’s communities include Black Girls In Tech, Coding Black Females, Black Valley, Cajigo, Women Tech Network, Ignite, Code First Girls, Baddies In Tech, TechNewbies and more!