So I’ve gotten a bit of press recently and wanted to share it with y’all. I was fortunate enough to be invited to Ubisoft Toronto to be part of the second Black Game Pros Mixer event in early February!  Check out some of the coverage and when the video of the panel is available

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Image Courtesy Andie Gbinigie 
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Image courtesy Ubisoft Toronto

I was also highlighted by X Box Ambassadors for Black History Month! Check out the blog post below, and here’s the tweet in case you want to check out everyone covered in the post!

In celebration of we are highlighting the Black industry professionals who inspire us and the communities they lead. This week, is I Need Diverse Games Founder & Director Tanya DePass To learn more about her work, visit our blog.

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“For Black History Month, we at the Xbox Ambassadors want to highlight some of the black industry professionals who inspire us. As the month progresses we’ll highlight each individual here, giving them the top spot for a week. Each one of them provides wisdom from perspectives on gaming, content creation, and moderation, to issues of diversity, representation, and inclusion. Their ideas and stories are best told from their mouths, so check out the links included with their highlights and be prepared to become better.”

Read more at the XBox Ambassador Blog – Celebrating Black History Month 2020 by Celebrating Black Industry Professionals

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.