Bryan R. Johnson is the founder and CEO of Black Boys Code.

Black Boys Code is a Canadian headquartered education organization that introduces Black Boys to the STEM disciplines with a focus on computer science.

Black Boys Code currently has chapters in ten Canadian cities (Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, Brampton, Hamilton, Windsor, Montreal, and Halifax) and a chapter in Atlanta, Ga..

Their vision to provide Black boys a grounding in digital literacy, skills they will need for future education pathways and careers in the digital economy. Before he founded Black Boys Code, Mr. Johnson worked in a variety of positions over the past 20 years with a primary focus on sales and technology, working for organizations such as United Parcel Service Canada, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, the Bank of Montreal and Aeroplan. He is an avid soccer player and traveller and has visited 32 countries so far. He lives in Vancouver, B.C.

Tayo is a freelance writer and radio producer. While finishing her undergrad degree at Ryerson University’s school of journalism, she got her start producing local news at CBC Toronto. Since then, she has continued to work in local news, and current affairs on a number of other CBC platforms. Tayo is also a culture writer, with work in publications like the Guardian, Teen Vogue, Chatelaine Magazine, Vice and more. Her work is focused on the intersections of feminism, migration, Blackness and the African diaspora.

David Thurton is a National Reporter in CBC’s Parliamentary Bureau. He’s a mobile journalist or #MOJO. He reports for CBC News online, radio and television – comfortably gathering stories with his iPhone and laptop. He’s worked in six Canadian provinces and territories and spent over two years reporting for CBC News in Fort McMurray and Canada’s Arctic. He was born in Canada, but grew up in Trinidad and Tobago.

These days, you’ll find Nadia at Union Gospel Mission, managing media and communications as well as advocating for some of Vancouver's most vulnerable. Nadia spent 17 years as a broadcast journalist, travelling the country and working in markets from coast to coaat. She got her start at Rogers TV Peel as a reporter, anchor and talk show host. She’s also worked as a news writer for The Weather Network, writing weather-centric casts for a national audience. In 2010, Nadia joined the CBC, working as a multi-platform reporter and anchor in St. John’s, Calgary and Edmonton. She then moved on to spend 7 years at Global BC, where she worked as a videojournalist. She also spent six years as an editor and freelance writer for Planet Africa Magazine, a Toronto-based quarterly publication that celebrates the achievements of the black community across the diaspora. Nadia is also proud to be among the first graduates of the University of Guelph-Humber (2006). Off-camera, Nadia is active in her community as a mentor.

After working as a sports journalist for several years, Julie Sobowale attended the Schulich School of Law to become a lawyer and completed her MBA from Dalhousie University. She worked as a freelance journalist for 10 years focused on legal affairs, technology, visual arts, entrepreneurship and business. Her clients included The Coast, Canadian Lawyer, the American Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association. She currently works as communications specialist for the Law Society for Saskatchewan.