Mentoring the Next Generation of Women in Tech: AAUW’s California’s Virtual Tech Trek STEM Summer Camp!

Carissa Oyedele, AIA was a coach and mentor for two weeks at the virtual girls AAUW Tech Trek STEM Summer Camp. She led and coached 8 junior high girls each week through a series of hands-on activities. The focus was learning and coding robotics, including circuiting LEDs to blink following the coded pattern. Ultimately each girl designed and built a wearable tech hat inspired by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.