Girls in Technology - Embracing Our Future
FiscalNote 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW | Main Cafe, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20004
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Category: Girls in Technology
This event is open to girls in 6th – 12th grade,
recent graduates, their parent/guardian,
GIT Mentors and Volunteers, as well as WIT Members.
We invite you to join Girls in Technology and FiscalNote at their Washington, D.C. headquarters on the evening of Wednesday, March 29, 2023, for a reception in celebration of D.C.-based Girls in Technology (GIT). Event programming will include speakers from local universities and women in technology discussing college and career planning, networking, light fare, and the awarding of multiple Wendy K. Martinez Memorial Coding Scholarships. Wendy Martinez, FiscalNote's former chief of staff and a proponent of female entrepreneurship, fervently believed in the unlimited possibilities which can be achieved when women and girls are both represented and empowered at the intersection of community and technology. Scholarship eligibility is for qualifying, female-identifying high school students with Washington, D.C. residency who seek a STEM coding camp education and experience. Girls in Technology (GIT) is led by an all-volunteer committee of Women in Technology (WIT) members who produce programs designed to excite, inspire, and educate girls in grades 6-12 across the Washington, D.C. Metro Region about the vast array of career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. Our speakers:
Neila Gharsallah, founder of HE College Consulting, brings over twenty years of professional experience in the high-tech industry, professional services consulting, and higher education. Neila holds a Master of Science degree in Management Sciences from Stanford University, a Bachelor of Science, and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan State University. She has also earned an Independent Educational Consultant (IEC) Certificate from the University of California Irvine. Neila’s passion to advocate for STEM education is her main driver behind her commitment to guiding aspiring STEM students through the college search and application process and assisting them in demonstrating their unique aptitudes and interests to attain their academic goals.
Dr. Kamaljeet Sanghera is the Executive Director of the Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) at George Mason University where her team supports the research community in the pursuit of cutting-edge work to share the future digital society. Before assuming the IDIA role, Dr. Sanghera served as the Executive Director of STEM Outreach for the Volgenau School of Engineering (now the College of Computing and Engineering). Dr. Sanghera was a founding member of Virginia Governor Northam's STEM commission. She serves on the executive board of the Northern Virginia Computer Science Teachers’s Association and is on the advisory board of STEM for Her. Dr. Sanghera received the NCWIT Extension Services Award to implement systemic change to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation of women in technology and engineering undergraduate programs. Her efforts have positively contributed to the Go Virginia Tech Talent Pipeline initiative, where she worked closely with Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), the Fairfax County Government Office, the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). Dr. Sanghera is also an active member of the Students and Technology in Academia, Research, and Service (STARS) program and the National Center of Women in Technology (NCWIT). She has worked on the Sisters Rise Up grant by Reboot Representation. This event is open to girls in 6th – 12th grade, recent graduates, their parent/guardian,
GIT Mentors and Volunteers, as well as WIT Members.
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