Photographer: Carly Wollaert ©
Make-up artist: Sharmila Vooren
DIGITAL REALTY
“It is an honor to be asked to participate as a role model in this campaign. As an almost full-time working mother of two young girls in the tech industry in a sector that is almost invisible but necessary to our society, the data centers, 5 years ago I immediately felt called to do my part to enthuse more women to work in the wonderful world of the Internet.”
Melissa Scholten
Communications Manager Datacenters at Digital Realty
About
”I started five years ago in the data centre industry. Started with organizing an event for young girls and this gave me a bunch of energy and motivated me to do more. In my job now I am actually combining the commercial part of our business with a social side. I am grateful for the opportunity to invest time and money in my role in projects that I feel are important, as well as important to the company and our industry. Namely investing in education, charities, communities and initiatives to get more women interested in tech.”
What advice would you give to your younger self?
“Don’t get fooled by biases, do your own thing and just be yourself, always. Even if you want something completely different someday. You are you. I try to teach this to my two young daughters. It is okay who you are and what you want.”