Deena discusses her experiences and views on being a Change Angel. Listen to her story of becoming confident, finding her voice and believing in her self. She encourages women to mentor and sponsor other women because it's so important to us all. 

Deena Pierott is the founder of the award winning and nationally recognized program iUrban Teen which is a STEM+Arts program for youth of color. She is also the President of Mosaic Blueprint, a Pacific NW firm specializing in diversity consulting and multicultural branding.  An advocate for equity and inclusion, all of her social enterprise brands are centered on inclusion.

Awards and Recognition:

2014 Essence Magazine – Black Women in Tech2014 Black Enterprise Magazine Innovator of the Week2014 Whitney M. Young Community Impact Award2014 Fulbright Scholars Presenter on Global Innovation and Social Enterprise2013 White House Champion of Change for Tech Inclusion2013 Business Journal Women of Influence Orchid Award Recipient2013 Rockefeller Innovation Award Nominee2010 MED Week Minority Business of the Year in Professional Services Category2011 Delta’s Women of Excellence Award Recipient2011 Nominee, SBA Small Business of the Year2011 Nominee, Minority Business Champion of the Year

She has both corporate and public sector experience working for companies such as Exxon, Mattel Toys,

Hughes Aircraft, the Urban League and the City of Portland’s Environmental Services Bureau.  While with the City of Portland, Deena created and led a variety of diversity initiatives which included outreach strategies to engage diverse communities in brownfield issues and sustainability and the creation of the City’s Affinity Group DEEP and the conceptualized the City’s Human Relations Commission.  She recently created the Portland Metro Diversity Employment Network which consists of over 90 Human Resource Managers and Corporate Recruiters to create a whole new model for diversity recruiting and onboarding.

Featured in the following publications:  Essence Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Black Enterprise, Ebony Magazine, Deliver magazine, Jet magazine, Colors of Influence, Neurology Now, the Chicago Tribune and NPR.

You can find Deena at http://www.mosaicblueprint.com and at http://iurbanteen.org .