Girls Who Code · Technology

Building a pipeline where girls see themselves in tech

How Girls Who Code reached half a million students by treating belonging as curriculum.

580K+Students reached

90K+Alumni in tech

50US states active

The Challenge

Tech's gender gap persisted despite years of awareness campaigns. Girls dropped out of CS pathways before they started.

Design programs with students—not for them. Pair technical skills with sisterhood, mentorship, and visible role models.

Clubs, summer immersion programs, and college loops that follow students from middle school through early career.

Alumni entered top universities and companies—and returned as mentors, creating a flywheel of representation.

Hundreds of thousands of girls introduced to coding. Alumni networks now seed the next generation of instructors.

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