Happy Earth Day! We love to watch our students, alumni, and STEM community use science to better their ecosystem. Today, we want to celebrate incredible women making waves (and helping the planet while doing it.) Check out these leaders in STEM who are making waves in environmental science. Software engineer and Girls Who Code Alumna Sejal Mehra turns old computer parts and recyclable materials into art. Recently, she created this Save the Turtles flag out of plastic straws, plastic bags, and tape to raise awareness about the harmful effects of plastic on the environment. Her work has been fe ..read more

Happy AI Literacy Day! We’re incredibly proud of all our students who “secured the bag” and entered our #AI4FinancialGood challenge. ? These students created hundreds of captivating projects that explored how AI can be used to help people with their finances. Let’s meet the winners of our challenge and learn more about their incredible projects. First Place: Shruti and Swetha Coming in first place for our College Loops division, Shruti and Swetha created AIFinTech, an app aimed at helping immigrant families manage personal finances. Going beyond simply tracking a budget, the app offers ..read more

Happy #AlumniApril! The sky’s the limit for our Girls Who Code students and community. That’s why all month long we want to celebrate you — our incredible alumni and community. For a little STEM vision board inspo, check out what our Alumni Advisory Council members are up to: Lauren Cho is a third-year student at UCLA. She has been a proud member of Girls Who Code for nine years. During this time, she served as the Los Angeles Chapter founder and three-year president, Palos Verdes Chapter five-year member, and Meta-GWC Cohort member. Devika Chipalkatti is currently a front-end sof ..read more

It’s official! Girls Who Code now has over 300 College Loops across the nation (and counting!) That means thousands of college and university students are forming communities, learning about science and tech, and making waves on their college campuses. ?? Check out these behind-the-scenes pics from our College Loops members across the country. Shout out to our students at the University of Florida, UC Santa Barbara, University of Central Arkansas, The University of Texas at El Paso, and Case Western Reserve University. Check out the more campus highlights on our TikTok. Want to jo ..read more

We think it’s time for women in STEM to (finally) get their flowers! That’s why all month long, we’ve asked her students and community to help us highlight women’s stories in STEM that often go overlooked. Here’s what they had to say: Meet The First Lady Of Physics #shorts #WomenInSTEM Have you ever heard of the First Lady of Physics? GWC’s own program manager Ava tells us the story of how Chien-Shiung Wu was far ahead of her time. Meet Grace Hopper, computer science pioneer #shorts #girlswhocode Did you know that the creator of modern-day computer languages was a woman in STEM? Me ..read more

Who else is so inspired by the #BlackAtNASA trend? Recently, Black employees have gone viral for posting their headshots at NASA. Black people are extremely underrepresented in STEM making up only 9% of the STEM workers in the US. At Girls Who Code, we’ve seen firsthand the impact positive representation can have on our students. Check out how these Black women are making major waves at NASA: Mia Brown attended Texas A&M University and got her B.S. in Computer Engineering, minoring in math and cybersecurity. Brown currently works on the Robotics Flight Control team for the Internati ..read more

We’re on the edge of our seats waiting for the solar eclipse. We hope you have your solar eclipse glasses and your popcorn ready for this out-of-this-world event. Of course, we wouldn’t be able to watch this without the tremendous research and innovations of stellar women in STEM. Today we’re shining a much-needed light on scientists and inventors who paved the way for women in astronomy. Hundreds of people who are visually impaired will be able to experience the solar eclipse thanks to this invention from astronomers Allyson Bieryla and Wanda Díaz-Merced. LightSound is a device that transla ..read more

Did you know that less than a quarter of the cybersecurity workforce are women? In partnership with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA,) all month long we featured some amazing women making waves in the #Cybersecurity field. Here are a few you should know: Adrienne Phoenix is an IT Cybersecurity Specialist at CISA. Her favorite part about working in cyber is that every day is a new challenge. “ Cybersecurity is an ever-changing field that requires us to think ahead as well as react to what’s happening now,” says Adrienne. “What worked yesterday, will not always work t ..read more

Happy Halloween to all the gworls, goblins, and ghouls who code! To get into the holiday spirit, we wanted to share some of the spookiest projects from our staff and students throughout the years. Need a last-minute costume idea? Don’t worry there’s still time. Check out these women in STEM-inspired inspo from our medium blog. Trick or treat! What does your fave Halloween candy say about you? Find out in this super sweet quiz created by one of our students. Do you think you’d make it to the end of a horror movie? Put your survival skills to the test in this student’s project. Are ..read more

Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month! All month long we’re featuring some amazing women making waves in the #Cybersecurity field. Today, we’re spotlighting Meskerem Gebrehiwet, a Security Consulting Analyst at Accenture. Check out our exclusive Q and A with her below. What do you love about your job? Helping organizations accomplish their security goals and transitioning them to relatively secure and advanced environments and being involved in raising security awareness. What are your favorite aspects of your job specifically, and working in cybersecurity generally? Each day is diffe ..read more