Our missionGirls Can Do STEM seeks to create gender equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). By exposing girls early and often to opportunities, mentorship, and encouragement in STEM fields we believe gender parity can be reached. Girls Can Do STEM has compiled and created an extensive wealth of resources for the parent, student, teacher, and mentor. We seek for these resources to inspire, educate, and empower a new generation of young females in STEM.
About the Founder
Grace Dahlstrom is the highly motivated founder of the Girls Can Do STEM website, which was launched in 2015. She is currently a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at the U. S. State Department, living in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia. Where she is actively coaching hundreds of students for English public speaking performances, resulting in a 540% increase in participation. Dedicated to developing body, mind and spirit; Grace designed and lead a women’s empowerment dance camp for 128 female students in rural Malaysia. As the founder of Teens for Jeans at her high school (2009 - 2012), Grace raised over 4,000 pairs of jeans for the local homeless. An alumnus of Scripps College, a women's college that emphasizes academic excellence and fosters the ability to live confidently, courageously, and hopefully, Grace is living her dreams, empowering young girls here and abroad.
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LASPA
The mission of the LASPA Center is to develop and support future generations of women in leadership, providing them with opportunities to expand access to the necessary attributes, knowledge, and skills to succeed in the 21st century. Thanks to a LASPA Action grant and Professor Julie Liss of the Scripps College Department of History, Girls Can Do STEM, has been able to move forward to impact girls in Northeast Florida and wherever 4G or internet access exists.
Women in IT / Citi
To inspire more middle and high school girls to consider careers in technology, financial services company Citigroup launched a career education program called "Women in IT" in St. Johns County and Duval County Florida. In 1984, 37% of all computer science graduates were women, but today that number is just 18%. CitiCorp's "Women in IT" aims to close the gender disparity in the IT field and reduce the misconception that "IT is not for me." Girls Can Do STEM partnered with Women in IT to bring empowerment tools to the greater Northeast Florida community.