Female professionals inspires young girls interested technology

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Some girls from Brunswick County Schools got to hear some very empowering words, as they listened to female tech professionals Friday.

The girls were part of robotics teams and “Girls Who Code” clubs. The event was organized by the Cape Fear Women in Tech. This was to offer these girls a perspective from women in the tech field. There was a Q&A with some of the professionals and organizers want this to be a learning opportunity for these girls, to see this as possible route to pursue in the future.

“They’ll have an opportunity to see women who are doing this. Part of the exciting piece of this panel is that, these are women from all different areas of technology, not just programmers. I’m a programmer, so of course that’s near to me. But there are a lot of other spaces that we can succeed in technology,” Cape Fear Women in Tech outreach committee member, Tiffany Kuchta, said.

They also held breakout sessions, introducing things like block chain and understanding accessibility. This was all made possible by the Brunswick County Stem Council.