Calendar Test

In-Person
Flexible Date: 6/22-6/26
Flexible Time
Approximately 100 attendees

Tech Trek is a STEM enrichment program started in 1998 in California as a weeklong summer camp, held on college campuses and virtually. It offers girls entering eighth grade an opportunity to explore the world of STEM and see a future for themselves in the field. Now a national program offered by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Tech Trek is sponsored by local branches. Members fund camperships at low or no cost to families and coordinate with local schools to select promising students.

Campers experience college life for a week, while virtual campers participate from home. Both formats feature interactions with female role models, hands-on workshops, group projects, and demonstrations. Activities may include building balloon-powered race cars, CSI-type forensics, chemistry, or wearable tech. The camps are staffed by female AAUW members and local volunteers. For over 25 years, Tech Trek in California has reached more than 15,000 girls. As the founding entity, AAUW California is proud to offer this signature program.

AstraFemina Speaker Role: The key points we try to convey at Tech Trek are that women can be successful in technical jobs, that we can all help each other succeed, and that hard work will pay off in the long run. Many of our students come from first generation families in the US and underserved communities that lack strong female role models.