THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE

DIY Girls empowers 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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Since 2012, DIY Girls has served more than 8,435 youth through hands-on STEAM education, mentorship, and career exploration. Today, we support girls and gender-expansive youth ages 10–25 through summer STEM camps, year-round high school programs, and an alumni program that helps young adults pursue higher education and career pathways. Through partnerships with local schools, community organizations, families, and industry professionals, DIY Girls expands access to STEM learning opportunities across the Northeast San Fernando Valley and beyond. While our high school programs operate in partnership with four local high schools, our summer STEM camps are hosted at Los Angeles Mission College, welcoming participants from schools throughout the community. By engaging students on a college campus at an early age, DIY Girls helps demystify higher education and encourages participants to envision themselves pursuing college and STEM careers.

The majority of participants in our programs are girls and gender-expansive youth of color. DIY Girls equips young people with the technical skills, confidence, leadership, and support networks needed to explore STEM pathways, persist in their education, and pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Our Programs

Summer Camp

3D Design & Printing for youth entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.

  • Hosted at Los Angeles Mission College 
  • Students from schools across the community
  • Explore 3D modeling, coding fundamentals, creative problem-solving, and sustainability 
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Invent Girls

Hands-on STEM learning for high school students, 9th-12th grade.

  • An intensive year-long program (12 weeks in Fall, 12 weeks in Spring)
  • Four partner schools serving 75 participants annually
  • Coding, 3D design, hardware assembly, and soldering
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GANAS

Girls Action Network and Support – our alumni leadership and support network designed to help students persist and thrive beyond high school.

  •  As of 2026, GANAS includes 115 high school program alumni
  • 100% of high school seniors enrolled in college
  • 57% of alumni are pursuing or have obtained a STEM degree
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DIY Girls In The Spotlight

Testimonials

  • “I honestly never knew how to make 3D objects until I started DIY Girls. They have helped me learn so many things that I never knew about before.”
    Alisa
    7th Grade
  • “The most important thing I learned in this program is to have fun in challenging things.”
    Alexa
    5th Grade
  • “My favorite project that we did was the stop motion animation. This was my favorite because it was the project that was most hands-on, and we got to make our own little movie with our creativity.”
    Leilany
    7th Grade
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