Girl Coders Headed for Engineering Degrees

GirlsCodingWithGirls just finished their 9th session with 32 participants in grade 4th – 8th.  In the last 5 years over 200 girls have participated. All seven of the senior mentors are going on to study engineering in college. Pictured left to right are: Vivian Beaudoin – Carnegie Melon – Computer Engineering; Brianna Garland – Stevens Institute of Technology – Computer Engineering; Krupa Tishbi – The College of New Jersey – Electrical Engineering; Samantha Monico – Rensselear Polytechnic Institute – Aeronautical Engineering; Maria Martucci – Cornell – Electrical Engineering; Alyssa Appleby – Stevens Institute of Technology – Mechanical Engineering. Not pictured: Shannon Sloan – Rochester Institute of Technology – Software Engineering.