DIY Girls Names Leticia Rodriguez as Next Executive Director
San Fernando Valley Native to Lead Non-Profit STEM Organization Serving Young Girls
DIY Girls InvenTeam gets the recognition they deserve!
Thanks to the generous donation of over 200 people, we’ve exceeded our $15,000 goal on GoFundMe! At MIT, we’ll be shining a spotlight on our innovative contribution to helping the homeless population of Los Angeles. The girls will get the once in a lifetime opportunity to show how their innovative use of technology and engineering can…
Women’s Leadership Council of PPG are committed volunteers for DIY Girls
““The goals of DIY Girls align well with what we believe in and strive to achieve as members of the WLC.” — Catherine Bartles, PPG WLC The Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) of PPG is dedicated to creating an environment that attracts, retains and advances women in the workplace. PPG’s WLC will be volunteering at San…
DIY Girls beta-testers for Two Bit Circus
Two Bit Circus brought our girls into their workshop this October and reminded us all that technology really can be the stuff of cartoonish adventure. DIY Girls from GALS, the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools, spent a day as game beta testers for Two Bit Circus, an organization that’s always “blurring the lines between technology and…
DIY Girls Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grant
DIY Girls is proud to announce that, in partnership with San Fernando High School, has been awarded the Lemelson-MIT Grant. We are one of 15 InvenTeams of high school students nationwide that will each receive up to $10,000 in grant funding to solve real-world problems through invention. As part of the Grant, the DIY Girls…
Los Angeles Mayor Appoints DIY Girls Founder to Board of Public Works
Dear Friends and Supporters of DIY Girls, We are excited to announce that our Founder and Executive Director, Luz Rivas has been appointed to serve in a full time position as a Commissioner on the Board of Public Works by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Luz has been dedicated to public service throughout her life, and…
DIY girls Experience Virtual Reality
Last week, DIY girls from our Creative Coding summer camp visited Rabbx Inc., an independent game production company located in Arleta, Los Angeles. Rabbx Inc. specializes in virtual and augmented reality—a topic introduced to our girls as they learned how code can be used to create interactive art experiences. We left Rabbx that day feeling…
Girls Gain STEAM This Summer
This year, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena awarded 30 of our girls scholarships to attend a summer program on its campus. With the support of generous donors we were able to provide a bus and a chaperone to get the girls to the Art Center each day. The following was written by…
4 Free Makerspace Signs for your Classroom or Library
We created signs for our classroom makerspaces at elementary schools. Educators have contacted us asking for electronics copies and we’re happy to now offer free downloads! These four 11″x17″ signs are a must-have for your makerspace. We print and laminate them making the signs easy to take anywhere. The signs have helped us create a…
Interview with a DIY Girl: On Web Design and Creative Coding
Last week, we completed Week 7 of our 10-week Web Design and Creative Coding Program for middle school girls at Vaughn Next Century Learning Center. It’s the beginning of coding programs that we plan to offer in 2016 for middle school girls. We are teaching HTML and CSS within the context of developing a mobile…
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