Female participants will be able to specialize as Associate Cloud Engineers. In the live virtual sessions, they will also be mentored by people working in Google Cloud including Managing Director of Google Cloud Mexico Julio Velázquez. In the soft skills workshops Google will approach unconscious bias, non-verbal language, leadership and job interview training. "Gender inequality in the development of STEM-focused professionals is a major challenge," Google said in a statement. The goal of the big tech program, it added, is to offer a "holistic approach with attendees increasing their knowledge and confidence to apply for engineering jobs" to help close the gender gap in the industry. The training will start on Sep. 1, 2021. To be able to take part in this program, female engineers and students must register using this link before August 12. The requisites include: