Shireen Mitchell is known for her provocative and insightful style of engaging audiences. She speaks with energy and enthusiasm on the wide array of topics that she covers. She focuses on new trends in technology and social media for the nonprofit sector, advocates, educators, administrators, as well as corporate and government institutions.

As an early adopter (Geekette '84), she has more than twenty years of technology, human services, and non profit experience. She has combined information and communication technologies (ICT) with policy, advocacy, and education to support a range of communities and organizations. She is a strong advocate for the people who have not been included in the recent advances in technology and media. Whether through financial challenges or gender and racial bias, approximately one in five people are being left behind in the surge of this information age.

As an author she has written “Gaining Daily Access to Science and Technology” in the book 50 Ways to Improve Women’s Lives and “Access to Technology: Race, Gender, Class Bias" in the publication >The Scholar and Feminist Online. Shireen has written articles including “What Does Tech Have to Do with Women's Rights” and continues to blog about women, tech, policy, and media issues.

Ms. Mitchell speaks on topics about innovative uses of media and technology and the impact on communities across the country. She has appeared on radio shows such as NPR's Tavis Smiley,  "Digital Gap Among Minority Children” and presents on various topics including “How Technology Savvy Secures Economic Stability.” She also appears on such radio shows as Radio CPR, My Technology Lawyer, WETA, Women's Radio and WPFW.

Ms. Mitchell is the founder and Executive Director of Digital Sisters/Sistas, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on using digital media and technology to access self-sufficiency tools for women and children who are traditionally underserved.

Shireen is president of the Board of Directors of Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet), a national affiliation of initiatives and organizations around the country that collectively promotes effective technology integration for the social, civic, and economic security into the lives of low-income communities.

As Chair of the Media and Technology Task Force of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), Ms. Mitchell works to promote equity and access for women. She also sits as the Vice Chair  of the parent organization NCWO. Addressing issues from Imus  to Thomas, Shireen is also a member of the Women's Coalition for Dignity and Diversity in the Media and a variety of other groups.

She has been awarded such honors as “Heroine in Technology,” “Community Technology Leader” and a “Young Woman of Achievement”.

Shireen was born and raised in the projects of New York City, playing video games before they could be played on televisions and designing BBS boards prior to the Web going world wide. Shireen and her family currently reside in Washington DC, a city engrossed in government and politics.