Girls STEM Summit–Statewide is the premier Massachusetts career exploration event for high school girls in grades 8 – 12 who are interested in pursuing STEM degrees and exploring STEM career choices. Throughout the Summit day, girls’ hear from female professional STEM role models via the keynote and the hands-on career track sessions.
The goals of Girls STEM Summit-Statewide include:
- Impact and bridge the gap between high school girls’ passion for STEM topics and helping them find their way to successful STEM careers.
- Inspire girls to pursue STEM fields.
- Fill an important gender gap in STEM jobs today and into the future.
- Present topics and learning sessions in a way that makes STEM topics interesting, relevant to career paths, and approachable.
- Provide hands-on career sessions highlighting a variety of STEM industries.
- Utilize current female STEM professionals to work with the participants, and serve as role models, throughout the Summit.
*Open to all persons who identify as female, non-binary, or other gender identity or expression.