{"id":4351,"date":"2021-09-21T15:33:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2022-08-22T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T20:35:48","slug":"spark-alum-makes-top-25-under-25-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/2021\/09\/21\/spark-alum-makes-top-25-under-25-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark! Alum Makes &#8220;Top 25 under 25&#8221; List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bostinno\/\" data-attribute-index=\"0\" data-entity-hovercard-id=\"urn:li:fs_miniCompany:703677\" data-entity-type=\"MINI_COMPANY\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"ember1362\">BostInno<\/a><span>\u00a0recently released their &#8220;Top 25 under 25&#8221; list, and Spark! alum,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAABpTxmkBmsoeRajAzTzk6mWDk5cbQbTLXOg\" data-attribute-index=\"2\" data-entity-hovercard-id=\"urn:li:fs_miniProfile:ACoAABpTxmkBmsoeRajAzTzk6mWDk5cbQbTLXOg\" data-entity-type=\"MINI_PROFILE\">Fiona Whittington<\/a><span>, was recognized for her work as the founder and executive director of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/techtogether-empower\/\" data-attribute-index=\"4\" data-entity-hovercard-id=\"urn:li:fs_miniCompany:35534079\" data-entity-type=\"MINI_COMPANY\">TechTogether<\/a><span>. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"273\" class=\" wp-image-3800 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2021\/02\/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The list highlights young start-up founders making a difference in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The accolades don&#8217;t stop there, Startup Boston, also awarded Whittington the &#8220;Equity Champion Award.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since its start, TechTogether has supported more than 10,000 hackers. 4,700 of those individuals are of marginalized genders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since its start, TechTogether has supported more than 10,000 hackers. 4,700 of those individuals are of marginalized genders. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Congrats, Fiona!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BostInno\u00a0recently released their &#8220;Top 25 under 25&#8221; list, and Spark! alum,\u00a0Fiona Whittington, was recognized for her work as the founder and executive director of\u00a0TechTogether. The list highlights young start-up founders making a difference in the community. The accolades don&#8217;t stop there, Startup Boston, also awarded Whittington the &#8220;Equity Champion Award.&#8221; Since its start, TechTogether has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18463,"featured_media":3800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4354,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions\/4354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}