Hadiyah Mujhid

Overview

Hadiyah Mujhid is the Founder and CEO of HBCUvc a nonprofit organization that educates and trains black and Latinx populations in technology entrepreneurship and venture capital to create racially equitable communities. The organization runs a fellowship at black and Hispanic universities where Fellows activate their campus ecosystems by hosting entrepreneurial events and providing access to capital. HBCUvc is a Kauffman Inclusion Open Grant recipient. Previously Hadiya co founded nonprofit Black Founders where she created the first hackathon program for black colleges and led a national conference tour for black tech entrepreneurs. Hadiyah is a strong advocate for leveraging technology and entrepreneurship to address economic inequality. With 15 years of software engineering experience Hadiyah has developed flight system software for satellites and communication tools for naval ships. She shares her experience with others through mentorship and teaching (Hackbright Academy Delaware State University Android Boot Camp). She s also written and spoken on the topics of diversity and inclusion technology entrepreneurship and software engineering. Her work has been recognized in Forbes Blavity TechCrunch Business Insider Black Enterprise and Handelsblatt. She is a 2018 SOCAP Scholar and 2018 Essence Magazine 100 Most Woke Women. Hadiya received her MBA with from Drexel University and a BS in Computer Science from University of Maryland Eastern Shore a historically black university.