--- title: Randi Zuckerberg Tackles Silicon Valley's Gender Gap description: Randi Zuckerberg created a character, Dot, who she hopes will help inspire young girls to get involved in tech. canonical: https://time.com/4549080/randi-zuckerberg-dot/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-28T15:29:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T16:51:07.000Z og:title: Randi Zuckerberg Launched a TV Show to Get Girls Into Tech og:description: She’s starting ‘em young! og:url: https://time.com/4549080/randi-zuckerberg-dot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f229bf3ce4a02b8/6988abf4f887dc6f6fe97fa7/randi-zuckerberg-dot-silicon-valley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ENTERTAINMENT-US-NBC UNIVERSAL PRESS DAY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Randi Zuckerberg Launched a TV Show to Get Girls Into Tech twitter:description: She’s starting ‘em young! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f229bf3ce4a02b8/6988abf4f887dc6f6fe97fa7/randi-zuckerberg-dot-silicon-valley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Randi Zuckerberg Launched a TV Show to Get Girls Into Tech by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:51 PM UTCPublished: Oct 28, 2016 3:29 PM UTC  Businesswoman Randi Zuckerberg attends The 2016 NBCUniversal TCA Summer Tour Day 2, in Beverly Hills, California, on August 3, 2016\. / AFP / VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images) Businesswoman Randi Zuckerberg attends The 2016 NBCUniversal TCA Summer Tour Day 2, in Beverly Hills, California, on August 3, 2016\. / AFP / VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)VALERIE MACON—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:51 PM UTCPublished: Oct 28, 2016 3:29 PM UTC [Mark Zuckerberg](http://time.com/4537421/mark-zuckerberg-daughter-photo/) isn’t the only member of his family making waves in [Silicon Valley](http://motto.time.com/4317574/project-include-silicon-valley-diversity/). His older sister, Randi, wrote a book and created a [television show](http://www.sproutonline.com/shows/dot), _Dot_, as a way for young girls to explore technology. Zuckerberg hopes that by getting children, specifically girls, interested in tech, the gender gap won’t exist in 20 years, [reports](http://www.forbes.com/sites/levelup/2016/10/26/randi-zuckerberg-wants-to-close-the-gender-gap-in-tech-heres-how-you-can-too/#19cf4ee5c5ef) _Forbes_. Even as a mom entrenched in the [tech world](http://motto.time.com/4464416/moms-in-workplace-tech-companies/), Zuckerberg realized she had to raise her children in an ever-evolving digital world. Zuckerberg has two sons and she wanted to ensure that they wouldn’t grow up in a tech world that was still dominated by men. She [told](http://www.forbes.com/sites/levelup/2016/10/26/randi-zuckerberg-wants-to-close-the-gender-gap-in-tech-heres-how-you-can-too/#19cf4ee5c5ef) _Forbes_, “I wanted my son to grow up in a world where he was working for awesome women and partnering with awesome women. Here I was writing a book as a professional technologist but on the parenting front I felt like an amateur mom parenting digital kids.” [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ [_Dot_](https://www.amazon.com/Dot-Randi-Zuckerberg/dp/0062287516/?tag=timecom-20), the book, was released in 2013, and the TV show premiered last week. In both, the character Dot and her friends blend technology and their imaginations to help enhance real-life play time. Zuckerberg’s desire to close the [gender gap](http://motto.time.com/4545864/gender-equality-study-wef/) in Silicon Valley doesn’t only apply to young girls. Her advice to [millennial women](http://motto.time.com/4507891/hillary-clinton-millennial-women/) about helping create opportunities for their peers is spot on. She [tells](http://www.forbes.com/sites/levelup/2016/10/26/randi-zuckerberg-wants-to-close-the-gender-gap-in-tech-heres-how-you-can-too/#19cf4ee5c5ef) _Forbes,_ “If you are the only woman in the room, use that as an opportunity to to bring other women into the room.” \[[Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/christinavuleta/2016/10/24/randi-zuckerberg-and-an-eight-year-old-girl-take-on-gender-and-digital-divide/?nowelcome#5f5400166aca)\] **Correction:** The original version of this article incorrectly described Randi Zuckerberg’s children. 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