[3][4][5][6] In 2010, she co-founded hackNY, a non-profit that helps integrate engineering students into the startup community in New York City.

[14][15][16] She has further featured in both Glamour (magazine)[17] and Scientific American[18][19] She has also been a member of Mayor Bloomberg's Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.

[20] In addition, Mason is a prominent member of NYCResistor, a hacker collective located in Brooklyn.

[23] Cloudera extended this offer due to FFL's experience and expertise in applying machine learning to practical business problems and their commitment to continual academic and industrial research surveys on new techniques.

[12] Mason explained that the merger of FFL with Cloudera would enable further and accelerated research opportunities on a larger platform.