San Francisco Bay Area

Founded in 2013, the Hexagon Bay Area Chapter is where Hexagon all started! A few UXers at Google were determined to cultivate a community for womxn in UX across the Bay Area and started partnering with local companies to host events about once a month. Other womxn in our community saw the need for mentorship and founded a successful program that has since expanded to nine other chapters, including NYC, Seattle, Denver, Houston, and more.

Our events range from informal happy hours to maker-themed events (creating succulent gardens at Pinterest, or designing cards that light up at IDEO) to topical panel & speaker events (on negotiation, creative entrepreneurship, empathy). Whatever the activity, we aim to form deep connections between members of our community and provide opportunities to learn from each other.

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Bay Area Mentorship Program

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We offer a 3-month mentorship program where women and non-binary folks are matched with mentors based on compatibility. Conversations help mentees develop their skills, confidence, and recognize their potential. We also offer a senior co-mentorship cohort, allowing senior women to discuss issues together. Learn more.

2021 Schedule
Summer - Junior & mid-level cohort (June 2021).
Applications open May 5, 2021 through may 19, 2021.

Fall - Leadership Series (TBA)

The mentorship cohort schedule will be adjusted due to current events.

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Upcoming Events

March 24: Language Matters

Diane Flynn of Reboot Accel teaches 15 ways to Use Language for Confidence and Influence

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April 27, 2021

Workshop on How to Find a Mentor on Your Own - Mhaire Fraser, PhD Projekt202 and Danae Paparis, Sr UX Researcher, Adobe

June 9, 2021

UXR Panel: What a new Researcher needs to know, and how designers can works best with researchers

July 14, 2021

Social and networking event (Hopefully in person!)

SF Happy Hours

(temporarily on hold due to COVID-19)

We are kicking off a regular happy hour series in SF, so members of our community have an opportunity to meet monthly! This isn't your average networking event — this is a space for womxn & non-binary folx working nearby (downtown SF) in specific areas of UX (enterprise, research, startups, etc) to meet others working in similar situations, and form deep connections. As these are regular events held close to where you work, over time you'll see the same faces and we'll all get to know each other.