Gallery: Female Developers and Athletes Take the Leading Role at espnW Hack Day

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    *Gina Bianchini (left) works with Divya Natesan (center) and Pooja Gada (right) to flesh out their app idea, iSports.*
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    *"These sorts of events break down stereotypes, and that’s exciting" — Sophia Chung, Facebook software engineer and espnW hackathon judge.*
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    *Hackathon participants gathered around tables at the start of the event on the Stanford campus.*
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    *“I think about it less as we should have events for women developers and more as if you want to build a community of creative thinkers building new and interesting things” — Gina Bianchini, Mightybell founder and former Ning CEO*
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    *A crowd of 200 women and men gathered at the Stanford campus for the two-day event.*
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    *"Part of it is just shining a spotlight on these women and saying you can do it, your voice matters, and you’re not invisible or overlooked" — Laura Gentile, VP of espnW*
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