2021 ITWomen Scholarships Are Open Application Deadline March 19

Please share our ITWomen scholarship application to reach a girl in 12th grade in Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach County who is aspiring for a future in Technology or Engineering. https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/69883-It-Women Dear ITWomen Supporter, ITWomen’s 2021-2022 scholarship program is OPEN and looking for this year’s best and most deserving young women. ITWomen Charitable Foundation’s college…

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Challenges met in 2020, What’s ahead in 2021

Despite the challenges presented by 2020, I am delighted to share that ITWomen’s board, volunteers and corporate partners came together to support each other and continued to make an impact  in our community at a time when we needed each other like never before.  And like the rest of the world, we quickly pivoted to…

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Alana Karen book draws on 80 real-life stories from women in tech

THE ADVENTURES OF WOMEN IN TECH – PRESS RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO – Google’s Alana Karen Debuts Action-forward, Daring Book on “The ‘Adventures of Women in Tech” A twenty-year tech leader, Alana Karen brilliantly and systematically replaces what we think we know about women in tech with more than eighty women’s stories of what it’s honestly…

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The Adventures of Women in Tech – Webinar with Alana Karen Oct 30

Alana Karen, Adventures of Women in Tech author, conversations with ITWomen president Claire Marrero

REGISTER NOW:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__7UEPedlSf-XKlUOTSGidw Join ITWomen for a conversation with Silicon Valley & Google veteran Alana Karen as we discuss her new book; “The Adventures of Women In Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay” The book draws from her own journey and the stories of dozens of other women who share honest perspectives on…

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What do I do if my grades are slipping?

I’m going to start this by saying that pursuing a degree in IT or engineering is hard. If you find your grades slipping, take a deep breath and give yourself a break. You are not the only person that is struggling. You are doing everything you can in the moment. Just because something is hard…

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What I Learned Leading Virtual Coding Camps

Ed. Note: Jade Minkoff is an ITWomen summer intern and 2019 ITWomen scholarship recipient who is pursuing an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Southern California. Jade served as the lead camp counselor for our virtual coding camps for girls this summer, and our 2019 in-classroom coding and robotics camps. Here’s her takeaway from…

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2020 Summer Internships ITWomen Scholar Updates

Your support for ITWomen scholarships truly makes difference in giving young women an opportunity to freely pursue their dreams for a future in tech. I’m excited to share summer updates from some of our current scholarship recipients: Jade, Ashley, Vanessa, Annie, Myah, Sara, Maria and Aranique. Their internships or summer employment include ITWomen, as well as Amazon, E&J…

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Girls Coding Boot Camp Wraps First 2020 Session

ITWomen’s first 2020 Virtual Summer Camp for girls wrapped with a colorful stream of website projects that the girls created using Javascript, HTML, CSS, photo editing and animation skills covered in the previous 9 days. The camp was so popular and the waiting list so long that ITWomen has arranged for a second camp to…

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