Who is behind the technology that you use every day? How do you access the resources and tools you need to become a creator? And what does it mean to be a creator of technology?

Applications are currently closed. Check back in the summer to apply for our 2022-2023 cohort!

In Y-WE Tech, young women* ages 13–18 explore ways to use technology tools for learning, career success, self-expression, social change and the history of women in technology. Within an intergenerational community of diverse youth and adult women mentors, we will get hands-on with hardware and software, spend time talking about how the COVID-19 vaccine was developed and the women who helped develop it, and practice different methods of project management and explore ways that we can keep growing creativity through technology.  In Y-WE Tech, we will develop college and career readiness (while being critical about what that means), grow as leaders and discover ways we can use technology to make a difference in our world.

Bi-weekly on Saturdays from 11AM-3PM, October 23-May 29
In-person once a month, with a shorter, virtual meeting for the other monthly meeting.

We will meet in-person once a month at the UW Othello Commons, and virtually for our other meetings. Tech will begin in person, but Y-WE will prioritize the health and safety of our youth and be prepared to revert to online programming should that become necessary.

Facilitated by Meera Bhardwaj

Y-WE Tech has reminded me that creative thinking plays a role in tech.

—Y-WE Youth

Questions about Y-WE Tech? 

Contact Program Coordinator Tayah Carlisle at:
programs@y-we.org

Listening to the panel speakers helped me realize that there are faces behind technology and organizations. It helped me see that I could be just like them and be successful in STEM if I want to.

—Y-WE Youth