{"id":11728,"date":"2015-04-08T02:25:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T07:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=11728"},"modified":"2015-04-08T02:25:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T07:25:41","slug":"video-chicago-woman-takes-on-male-dominated-tech-industry-to-help-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-chicago-woman-takes-on-male-dominated-tech-industry-to-help-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Chicago woman takes on male-dominated tech industry to help patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Xiaolan Tang<\/p>\n<p>While many women are leaving the technology industry, Alexandra Goodwin is going against the trend. With an academic background in astrophysics and business and having struggled in the industry for more than seven years, Goodwin started her own tech company which specializes in healthcare one year ago.\u00a0 For her, establishing a technology company is more than proving herself in this male-dominated realm ,\u00a0it&#8217;s choosing the best way to help those in need.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"20150318 - TECHWOMEN TANG - PKG\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122708270?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Student working at McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University\uff08Xiaolan Tang\/Medill\uff09<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Xiaolan Tang While many women are leaving the technology industry, Alexandra Goodwin is going against the trend. 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