Brenna Bustamante (she/her)

Brenna is a content strategist at Google Play and a traveler / adventurer the rest of the time. She loves scuba diving, backpacking and the outdoors and absolutely loves her two dogs, Mojo and Nacho.

“Coming from the Philippines, Google was sort of a legend I never thought I’d get into. I had a running joke with my boss back then that I was going to move to California and join Google, but I never thought it would actually happen. After months of looking for a job, and working for a company that didn’t treat me right, I got a call for a position as a contractor at Google. Then after 7 months at that position and 9 months in another, I got converted to a full-time employee. I was so proud of myself and couldn’t believe I’d actually done it!”

Madison Jacobs (she/her)

Madison leads the content marketing strategy at Google for Startups. She was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she fell in love with writing and entrepreneurship while spending afternoons dreaming inside the four walls of her grandparents’ small business. Madison received degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication and African American Studies from Arizona State University and is a member of Omega Phi Chi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. She’s a Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher, an instructor at CorePower Yoga in the Bay Area, and a former Brand Ambassador for Athleta.

What’s something that’s on your mind this Black History Month?

The Black tech community’s definition of allyship. What does allyship mean to us, and how do we work to welcome people in while holding them accountable? Allyship isn’t about positioning. It’s not just about throwing funding at a program for Black folks. It’s not just wearing “I support the [insert cause]” t-shirts. It’s about being willing to put something real on the line. It’s about trust, and it’s about consistency. It’s not a one-time act. It is a way of life.