Speaking & Press
Interviews & Press
Media outlets where I've been interviewed or quoted.
Interviews
- Manage Your Baby's Feeding Schedule, Apple App Store, 2025
- Kaya Thomas Knows That Success In Tech Starts With A Genuine Thirst For Knowledge, Bustle, 2020
- The Developer Debrief on WWDC 2020, MacStories, 2020
- 12 years of the App Store, TechRadar, 2020
- Virtual Conferences Mean All-Access—Except When They Don't, Wired, 2020
- How I Thrive: We Read Too Founder Kaya Thomas, Silk & Sonder, 2020
- Swiftly Speaking 4, Hacking With Swift, 2020
- iOS Developer Working to Achieve Inclusivity in Tech, Welcome To The Jungle, 2020
- Create & Cultivate 100: STEM & Finance, Create & Cultivate, 2019
- Entrepreneur Kaya Thomas '17 builds a virtual library, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, 2018
- Meet The Developer: A Book Lover With a Cause, App Store, 2018
- How This App Developer Is Reminding Minority Kids That Their Stories Matter, Forbes, 2017
- The Software Developer Bringing Diversity to Your Reading List, Motherboard, 2017
- Kaya Thomas Brings Authors of Color to Young People, Teen Vogue, 2017
- 'We Read Too' app connects young readers of color, Mashable, 2017
- Why Can't Silicon Valley Solve Its Diversity Problem?, The New Yorker, 2016
- 2016 College Women of the Year, Glamour, 2016
- STEM Student Spotlight, Scientific American, 2016
- How Coder Kaya Thomas Wants to Bring #BlackGirlMagic to Tech, Essence, 2016
- The Future of Tomorrow, Complex, 2015
- Black Girls Rock M.A.D. Girl Highlight, BET, 2015
Podcasts
- Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas, Empower Apps, 2025
- Obsessed (in a good way): Kaya Thomas reads 'Positive Obsession' by Octavia Butler, 2 Pages with MBS, 2024
- Designers Working With Software Engineers, UI Narrative, 2020
- WWDC 2020 special, Stacktrace, 2020
- Notifications with Kaya Thomas, Empower Apps, 2020
- Kaya Thomas, Launched, 2020
- WWDC 2019, Breaking Ground, 2019
- Live from AltConf 2019, Swift over Coffee, 2019
- Mobile Developer, CodeNewbie, 2016
- Blind Hiring, NPR Planet Money, 2016
- We Read Too, BookNet Canada, 2016
- Episode 17, People Of Color In Tech, 2015
- CS in School VS The Real World, Hansel Minutes, 2015
- Episode 88, Revision Path, 2015
- You're Gonna Be A Boss One Day, Another Round, 2015
Featured Lists
- Best Apps from Black Developers, iPhone Life, 2020
- Stand Up to Racism, Apple App Store, 2020
- 5 Afrotech leaders bringing diversity to Silicon Valley, Revolt TV, 2018
- 6 Young Black Women Making a Difference in Tech, New Relic, 2017
- 21 Black Girl Bosses Who Slay All Day, Buzzfeed, 2016
- 10 Black Women Changing the Face of Tech, The Root, 2015
- 2015 Young Futurists, The Root, 2015
Speaking
Conference talks, keynotes, and presentations.
Upcoming Talks
- Swiftsonic, Nashville, November 2026
2020
- Swift Techniques for Testing, dotSwift Paris
2019
- Keynote: Building Meaningful Software, 360iDev Denver
- Launch Your Side Project, Laracon NYC
- How I Created 'We Read Too', Codeland NYC
- Inclusive and Accessible App Development, UIKonf Germany
- Best Practices for Notifications, iOSCon London
- Best Practices for Notifications, AppDevCon Amsterdam
- Launch & Maintain Your Passion Project, Tech Intersections Oakland
2018
- Using Accessibility to Innovate for Everyone, Swift by Northwest Portland
- Customizing Notifications for iOS 12, Try! Swift NYC
- Customizing Notifications for iOS 12, 360iDev Denver
- Diagnostic Tool for Slack Notifications, AltConf San Jose
- Accessibility at Slack, CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
2017
- Guest Lecturer CS180a, Mills College Oakland
- We Read Too: Creating a Central Resource for Books by PoC, Affect Conf Portland
- Tech is a Tool, Not a Solution, Flawless Hacks NYC
- Creating Apps to Benefit Marginalized Communities, AlterConf SF
2016
- Keynote, Mount Holyoke Girls in Tech Conference
- Tech as an Equalizer: We Read Too, BookNet Canada Tech Forum
2015
- Consumer to Coder: A Journey of Empowerment, Grace Hopper Houston