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high school girls think coding jobs are for them 31% 1
young women say they know how to pursue a STEM career 42%
women switch out of a STEM major or drop out altogether 28%
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Not only are our female volunteers active at numerous workshops and events, but they are highly engaged as mentors. For example, an initiative Code2College is part of the solution for strengthening the pipeline of girls and women entering STEM fields with the tools they need to succeed. We have witnessed firsthand the power of representation, and have thus created numerous outlets for our female students to meaningfully engage with and learn from female STEM professionals and role models.
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initiative we've pioneered to break the gender barrier in STEM is Vision 2024 - our commitment to place 200 Black and Latina women into STEM roles by the year 2024. In this program, Black and Latina girls are paired with female mentors who coach them through various professional and personal challenges through regular meetings and strategic workshops. To learn more about this innovative program, please see our Vision 2024 Annual Report . Additionally, we launched Technically 200 , a podcast featuring the stories of Black and Latina women breaking barriers in STEM. This platform not only amplifies the voices of inspiring women of color, but provides Black and Latina girls interested in STEM another pathway to learn directly from the experiences of professionals who look like them. You can listen to these powerful stories at Technically200.com .
"As women, it is important that we are not discouraged from pursuing a career in technology, despite being told otherwise." Code2College '22, Software Engineering Intern at BigCommerce '22, Achievement First Amistad HS '23 Jacquelin O.
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