!["When I was in high school I was really weird and I loved being weird!" Samantha Vaughn, of the start-up Twenty20, told GlobalGirl Media Los Angeles.](https://ihtbd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/GGM-video.jpg)
Samantha Vaughn, of the start-up Twenty20, told GlobalGirl Media Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (WOMENSENEWS) — At a recent Girls in Tech Los Angeles reception, GlobalGirl Media reporters asked the young professionals to give a message to their younger selves. Women make up 47 percent of computer and technology workers, according to government statistics.