Together We Can Empower Our Girls

Sep 13, 2014 10:00 AM ET
Campaign: Education

Originally published on Huffington Post

This summer, while most kids their age were hitting the beach in Miami, a group of high school girls were working hard. They were learning how to code and more.

We watched as 40 Miami-Dade County 11th and 12th grade girls learned computer science skills as part of an intense Summer Immersion Program. For seven weeks, the girls received mentorship and more than 250 hours of intensive classroom instruction in computing; mobile app development; robotics; graphics and animation; data structures and algorithms; and Web development and design. 

 

Read the full article on Huffington Post, here.