Barbie Careers Game Developer Doll

For the authenticity you can thank Molly Proffitt, CEO of Ker-Chunk Games, LLC., Julie Ann Crommett, entertainment industry educator in chief at Google, and Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director at Black Girls Code. These women worked with Mattel to ensure the doll was believably techie — that meant making sure Barbie was working on real code, and looked the part, too.

“The computer has [Javascript] on it and you can see various instances of game engines on her laptop,” she told The Huffington Post, adding that the project was personally important to her. “I really know that girls need an icon that shows that they can be a part of the [tech] space and Barbie does that. She has power to tell girls they can be makers and builders.”