It’s no secret that the tech industry continues to grapple with the diversity gap and the need is to create an inclusive environment. Omaha-based Do Space is doing its bit to address this widely discussed issue.

The company has awarded three women innovators – Carina Glover, April Goettle and Bianca Zongrone – with fellowships to develop projects to address local challenges facing women in technology and tech entrepreneurship.

The Fellows will undertake a six-month long experience to develop their community projects.

Carina Glover will develop a mobile application, HerHeadquarters, exclusively for women entrepreneurs that allows them to easily secure collaborations with fellow women entrepreneurs. The app will launch in the Omaha, LA, and NYC markets, connecting local women to the allies.

April Goettle will create a resource website, Remote.Her, that promotes remote, flexible tech work to women in Omaha and the surrounding rural areas as well as to rural Midwest employers considering their first remote hire. The site will feature a job board plus targeted content for employers and women technologists.

Bianca Zongrone Jefferson will conduct a research study centered around 40 interviews, exploring why local women choose to stay in or leave a tech major. Practical retention recommendations will be delivered to local universities.