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Isis Anchalee (formerly Isis Wenger) is a Canadian full-stack engineer employed by OneLogin, and the founder of the #ilooklikeanengineer hashtag created in order to promote discussion of gender equality in tech after the OneLogin featured her face in an ad campaign. Anchalee is also a member of Women Who Code.
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Hashtag
Anchalee created #ilooklikeanengineer (an example of hashtag activism) when she received derogatory comments about her face being featured in an ad campaign for OneLogin. Anchalee feels that most people are "...well intentioned but genuinely blind to a lot of [things] that those who do not identify as male have to deal with." One year after the launch of #ilooklikeanengineer 250,000 plus people had used the hashtag.
Website
Anchalee has created a website, ilooklikeanengineer.com, which she describes as "...a safe platform for us all to continue to share our stories and experiences relating to diversity issues in tech." As of December 2016, the website has not launched, but allows visitors to enter their email to be notified when it does.
Her Facebook account was suspended due to her name, but her account was later reactivated.