Why you want to connect with this person and what you want to talk about I chose a former student Teresa Knowles. I chose her specifically because she's navigating the tech industry as a brown, queer woman and I think having insight as to what she's dealt with in the job search/work place will be very beneficial for me. Hopefully she'll be able to give me some questions to think about when looking for a job and knowing what I want/need from that job.

When you will contact them by and how you plan to meet I'm planning on reaching out to Teresa over break to check-in and see how she's been and how life is post-Turing. I would love to meet in person, maybe over coffee but I'd even take the opportunity to talk via Slack.

What your follow-up will look like once you've met with them I'll follow up with Teresa by reaching out to her with any questions I think of.

What other steps will you take to start building a stronger network in the tech community? I'm really good at making first impressions with people, so I'm going to attempt to start going to more tech meetups and building connections with the people I meet.