Education United States Project #14828

Girls Who Code: Bring CS to Girls Across Country

by Girls Who Code, Inc.

Project Report | Apr 7, 2014
It's that time of year... college admissions!

By Reshma Saujani | CEO & Founder

Danielle is all smiles!

This time last year, Danielle was a junior in her local Detroit high school. Passionate about science, engineering, and helping others, Danielle knew that she was college-bound but had yet to decide what path she intended to pursue. Fast forward twelve short months, and Danielle is now prepared to enroll in Harvard University as a Computer Science major.

What changed?

Last summer, Danielle spent eight weeks immersed in computer science as a member of the 2013 Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program at GE. Her experiences diving into the field, meeting peers with the same interests, and building solutions that will improve her community helped Danielle discover the possibilities presented by computer science. She is now set to pursue the field, and is inspiring other girls to do the same.

Around the country, Princeton, University of Michigan, Brown, Smith, UC Berkeley, and other top universities want Girls Who Code alumnae to join the Class of 2018. And this is just the beginning.

We are so proud of Danielle and her classmates, and thank you for supporting them. We can't wait to share updates as these young women head to school next fall.

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Jan 7, 2014
Thanks for helping GWC change lives

By Reshma Saujani | CEO & Founder

Girls Who Code: Building the Pipeline

Dear Global Giving family,

Your support enabled amazing work in 2013:

152 young women equipped with hard and soft skills to succeed in computing opportunities through Summer Immersion Programs
99% of Summer Immersion Program particpants considering a career in technology and 95% considering majoring or minoring in CS in college
600+ girls participated in 42 new Girls Who Code clubs nationwide
70 volunteers recruited to teach clubs, providing exceptional instruction and mentorship
700+ individuals engaged in 2013 Summer Immersion Programs and Girls Who Code Clubs, including CEOs, executives, and engineers serving as speakers, mentors, instructors, application evaluators, and advisors
700% growth in programming, including delivery of 8 Summer Immersion Programs in 5 cities
360% growth in full-time staff on the ground in New York, San Francisco, and Detroit
150 new clubs to launch by Fall 2014, engaging upwards of 2,500 young women in communities nationwide

We are so grateful.

In this next year, thanks to your support, we are continuing this momentum and bringing computer science education to girls in communities across the country. We are motivated every day by our amazing students, who in recent weeks have been accepted as computer science majors at top universities across the country, have launched GWC clubs in their schools, and who continue to passionately encourage their sisters, friends, and one another to code. We can't wait to meet the next cohort of girls who code. Thank you for helping us change lives.

Check our 2013 Annual Report (link below) for more stories of sucess, and stay tuned for updates as we expand programming in 2014.

Thank you again,

The Girls Who Code team

GWC students meeting Jack Dorsey at Square

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Oct 3, 2013
We're almost there!

By Kristen Titus | Executive Director

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