Keisha Howard is the Founder of Sugar Gamers, Marketing Lead for LiveCGI, a 2x TEDx speaker & previously featured in VentureBeat. Her company, Sugar Gamers, is a passionate organization of trendsetters who are on a mission to make the worlds of tech, geek culture and gaming accessible to like-minded underrepresented communities. Keisha walks us through how she started her company & how they’ve made an impact in the gaming industry for the last 10+ years. This year, they played a key role in helping produce the Adidas gaming event during NBA All-Star weekend. The event brought in underprivileged youth from Chicago to have a field day learning about careers in gaming, tech, broadcasting, filmmaking & more. Additionally, Keisha shares about her role as Marketing Lead for LiveCGI. You may recognize some of LiveCGI’s tech if you’ve tuned in to the NBA 2K League. They produce the virtual studio where all the recent NBA 2K League events have been hosted from.
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