Celebrity Cruises Announces Reshma Saujani As Godmother For Celebrity Apex

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Celebrity Cruises announced Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of international nonprofit Girls Who Code and author of the international bestseller “Brave, Not Perfect,” as the godmother for Celebrity Apex, the second ship in the brand’s industry-changing Edge Series of vessels.

She will name the new ship at the official inaugural ceremony in Southampton, UK, on March 30, 2020.

Traditionally, the godmother is the spiritual embodiment of a vessel and she inspires, protects and touches the lives of everyone who sails on-board. With its groundbreaking Edge Series ships, Celebrity is selecting godmothers who are breaking ground in their respective fields for people around the world. The first Edge Series godmother, who inaugurated Celebrity Edge in November 2018, was Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, renowned for her advocacy of educational opportunities for girls everywhere.

Since launching in the U.S. in 2012, Girls Who Code has reached 185,000 girls at nearly every stage of their educational journey. The organization is on pace to close the gender gap in new entry-level computer science jobs by 2027, with college-aged alumni of Girls Who Code majoring in computer science and related fields at 15 times the national average. In 2019, Girls Who Code was named the No. 1 nonprofit on "Fast Company’s" Most Innovative Companies list.

In addition to being the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani is a lifelong activist who surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress in 2010. Her viral TED talk and international bestseller "Brave, Not Perfect" have sparked a worldwide conversation about how we’re raising our girls and inspired countless women to fear less, fail more and live better. Saujani’s work on behalf of women and girls has earned her broad recognition including "Fortune's" World’s Greatest Leaders; Fortune 40 Under 40; "Wall Street Journal Magazine" Innovator of the Year; "Forbes''" Most Powerful Women Changing the World; and "Fast Company's" 100 Most Creative People, among others. She is the winner of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.

“Reshma is bridging the gap in the historically male-dominated technology industry,” says Celebrity President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo. “She is evolving the image of what a computer programmer looks like and does, inspiring a whole new generation of girls and women to bravely pursue this field. Because she is a game-changing visionary, she is the perfect godmother for a game-changing ship like Celebrity Apex.”

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