The Future Is Ours to Make
Empowering girls and gender-expansive youthYouth whose gender identity and/or expression expands beyond cultural or social expectations of gender. This includes but is not limited to students who identify as girls regardless of assigned sex at birth, transmasculine youth, non-binary youth, and gender-fluid individuals. Click here to learn more. to explore STEAM through programming that builds skills, confidence, and community.
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Why It Matters:
Currently, women represent just 34% of overall employed scientists and engineers in the United States, of which only 10% are represented by women of color. And we want to change that!
ABOUT DIY GIRLSOur Impact
of our participants believe they can learn something new, even if it’s hard
of our students want to continue doing projects like the ones they made with DIY Girls
of our Invent Girls alumni are
pursuing a STEM-
related major
DIY Girls’ mission is to increase girls’ and gender-expansive youth’s interest and long-term success in technology, engineering, and making through innovative educational experiences and mentor relationships.
Program Objectives
SEL
Social Emotional
Learning
STEAM
Science, Technology,
Engineering, Art, and Math
Career Exploration
JDEI
Justice, Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion
Alumni Network
Our organization has an alumni leadership and support network, GANAS (Girls Action Network and Support), which includes 115 high school program alumni who are enrolled in or have graduated from college.
In the 2025-2026 academic year, 35 GANAS alumni graduated from college; 60% of these young women have obtained a degree in STEM. Overall, 71% of our alumni enrolled in STEM majors are persisting in STEM.
