TheGirlCode

The Girl Code is a mobile app development company as well as an organization that is working towards bridging the gender gap in the world of technology. In the United States, 74% of girls and teen girls express interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in middle school, but only 0.4% of teen girls end up planning to major in Computer Science. In 1984, 37% of all computer science graduates were women, but now that’s reduced to just 18%. The gender gap continues to grow in one of the fastest growing and ground-breaking industries in the world, but we’re determined to stop that. The Girl Code strives to bring the joy of coding to everyone, regardless of gender, age, economical status, or whatever anyone else thinks is holding them back. Whether it’s through active encouragement or just setting an example through our own trail-blazing, The Girl Code seeks to empower girls and let them know that yes, they can. They can code, they can create, and they can do whatever they want, whether that’s becoming the first female president, the CEO of their own tech company, an astronaut at NASA or just a bad-ass woman in general. While we’ve spent most of our time pursuing our own projects, we are working to help other female coders, collaborating in fantastic groups of four, attending hackathons and building apps, just like us. We’re currently building tutorials and connecting students with professionals and events in the field of computer science and computer programming.