Outlier On Air | Interviewing Founders, Disruptors, & Mavens

"You're never going to have everything you need in place to get started, but think about what you do have." Luz Rivas About: Luz Rivas- Founder of DIY Girls, and Co-Founder of KitHub Overview: Luz Rivas inspires us with her desire to help change the upcoming generation of Latinas in LA. During this interview, Luz shares her road to success in the tech space and how she started her company, DIY Girls, and co-founded KitHub. Highlights: Background: Luz grew up in LA with a single mother and her sisters- they moved quite often because of finances. From the beginning, Luz and her sister felt the need to help financially and learned at a young age how to go out and make a little money. Luz always had a love for school and was in 5th grade when her passion for technology began. There weren't any specific engineering programs for Luz to join, but she did look for opportunities to expand her knowledge and took advantage of them as often as she could.  In high school, her math teacher told her about MIT and told he