Tech advocate Erica Baker announced in June that she will leave Slack after two years and start anew at Kickstarter.

Baker has taken the tech industry to task for its diversity issues in the past. She has written about her experiences working as one of a few black women in tech, delivered TED talks and spoke at conventions panels. After nine years at Google working in various positions, she joined Slack in 2015 as a Senior Build + Release Engineer. Now, she is the Director of Engineering at Kickstarter. 

“When I joined Slack, I had the opportunity to both grow myself and create the Build and Release team and infrastructure. I also helped grow and shape Slack’s thinking on Diversity and Inclusion. I was a leader both in the company and outside the company, and wanted my growth path to keep heading in a leadership direction” wrote Baker in a Medium post announcing her decision to move.

According to Blacks In Technology, Baker will continue to push tech companies to embrace diversity. Her new role will allow Baker to focus her time on diversity in tech. Kickstarter— like other companies—  have a racial a makeup comprised of 70 percent white and two percent black. However, the company has more than half of the executive team comprised of women. 

"I’m so grateful for my time at Slack and proud of the company we’ve built," she said in closing.

The advocate will also continue to serve as a mentor to others. She said in the past that “any black woman who wants to be in engineering management should get the support mentorship and sponsorship to do that” and she “is going to do everything [she] can to make it so.”