Girls Don't Do Tech: Curiosity, Culture, Motherhood - and the Long Way into Innovation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798242962477)

"Girls don't do tech."
That was the message Hannah Hua Hayes heard growing up.

So she studied literature instead.

Girls Don't Do Tech is not a story of rebellion for rebellion's sake.
It is a story about curiosity - the kind that quietly refuses to stay in its lane.

From dismantling dolls to understand how they worked, to teaching in remote mountain schools, crossing cultures through language, raising bilingual children, and eventually building immersive technology experiences that blend storytelling, education, and innovation - this is a deeply human journey through learning, identity, motherhood, and reinvention.

Written with warmth, humour, and honesty, this is not a manifesto about "leaning in" or hustling harder. It is a reflection on how real lives and careers actually unfold: sideways, slowly, and often against expectation.

Hannah shows how technology does not belong to a single type of person - and how creativity, care, and curiosity are not opposites of technical thinking, but its foundation.

This book is for:

- Women who were told they were "better suited" to something else
- Parents raising children between cultures or languages
- Educators who believe learning should feel alive
- Anyone who has taken the long way round - and wondered if it still counts

It turns out it does.

And sometimes, the quietest paths lead to the most unexpected places.