Written by Allie S. A junior at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia and past FOCUS camp participant, Nadia Malik has been involved in activism and entrepreneurship from a young age, which has led her to start Teens United, a nonprofit...
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This June, girls were introduced to filmmaking and editing in a 4 -day camp sponsored by Verizon and taught by PROOF. View the highlight video below!
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Girls Inspired & Ready to Lead, Inc. (GIRL) planned for a group of 15 high school girls to attend its music production and engineering camp at the recording studio of a local Northern Virginia community college. For 10 years...
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By Nia W When I first started coming to GIRL, I had only been living in the D.C., Maryland, Virginia area for about a year after moving from Rochester, Minnesota. I was dealing with low self-esteem and confidence about myself and was not yet...
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By Nilah Williamson I’ve been to a total of seven STEM Programs, and all of them have helped direct me towards the career I want to pursue which is aviation. I give major props but also apologies to my dad because as much as he encouraged me to...
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My name is Annette Prah, and I am a rising senior at Riverside High School in Leesburg, Virginia. Earlier this spring, I applied for a summer STEM program at George Mason University called Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP). I...
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By Jaida R. The two GIRL Career Exploration workshops I had the pleasure of attending opened my eyes to the world of opportunities out there for young women. Not only was I able to network with some amazing career pioneers and girls just like me...
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By Grace A. I never knew by attending this GIRL event, I would be able to add skyscraper jumper who follows her dreams to my resume so soon! But, thanks to the VR session at the Penn State University Applied Research Lab...
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By: Shivika A When I first heard that my mom enrolled me in a coding camp, I thought I was not going to do well because I didn’t know how to code. I thought I wouldn’t be able to make a game because I didn’t how to use some of the game programs...
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Read a summary of the programs GIRL hosted last year by clicking the link below. GIRL Program Review 2017-2018
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By Jade Kirkland What does FOCUS mean to you? I’ll let that sink in while I tell you what it means to me. FOCUS to me is more than just a camp, more than just a summer job, more than meeting new faces and seeing old ones again and again every...
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By Marjorie Macieira and Adriana Mitchell My daughter, Adriana Macieira Mitchell, and I first heard of GIRL via a George Mason STEM event. We met up with Ms. Danielle Blunt Craddock at a booth where she was warmly reaching out to attendees about...
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