Whereas National Women of Color in Tech Day acknowledges the challenges many women of color face in the field of technology (referred to in this preamble as tech ) and recognizes and emphasizes the importance of women of color in tech in the United States, including— (1) Katherine Johnson, a former engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) Marie Van Brittan Brown, who invented the first home security system; and (3) Patricia Bath, who invented the Laserphaco Probe for the removal of cataracts; Whereas evidence suggests that structural and social barriers in tech education, tech workforce development, the tech workforce, and venture capital investment in tech can disproportionately and negatively affect women of color; Whereas women are underrepresented in tech, and women of color often face additional systemic barriers in the tech ecosystem specifically and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this preamble as STEM ) fields generally; Whereas underrepresented minority students often face an opportunity gap in STEM education in the United States; Whereas women and girls of color often face an achievement gap in science and engineering education; Whereas women and girls overall often face a large opportunity gap in computer science; Whereas the competitiveness of the United States in the 21st-century global economy largely depends on developing STEM-literate citizens; Whereas the demand for professionals in tech and computing fields is expected to increase substantially over the next decade; Whereas, as of March 2023, data showed that there were more than 750,000 open and unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the United States; Whereas increasing the number of women of color in tech will be critical to building and maintaining a competitive tech workforce; Whereas women of color currently make up 41 percent of the female population in the United States and are projected to make up the majority of women by 2060