501(c)(3) Nonprofit Guiding Middle and High School Girls in CS+STEM
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501(c)(3) Nonprofit Guiding Middle and High School Girls in CS+STEM
Become a Member
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Guiding Middle and High School Girls in CS+STEM
Become a MemberOUR STUDENTS
LITAS played an important role in encouraging me to pursue CS + STEM, as it reinforced to me the idea that anyone can program to create something that can have an impact.
Vilina Mehta, LITAS Alumni, Stanford 2022
Attending the LITAS Incubator inspired me to start learning CS on my own, and then I also started the Chandler chapter to teach kids in my school programming - it helped me overcome the first doubts I’d had about Computer Science.
Khyati Raka, LITAS Alumna, ASU Computer Science '20.
Through LITAS, I got to work on many cool projects and even led a coding camp for other girls in my community!
Laura Lu, LITAS Alumna & Chapter Leader
OUR MISSION
LITAS For Girls is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to inspire middle school girls to pursue careers in STEM. We don't just teach girls to code-- we teach them to code with a purpose. LITAS aims to mold girls to be the next generation of leaders in CS+STEM, with both the creativity to come up with game-changing ideas and the skills to implement them. By teaching teamwork, brainstorming, and presentation skills alongside computer science, the goal of the program is to build confidence in girls and give them the tools to use computer science to build something to better the world. LITAS’s curriculum is designed to reduce the dropout rate of girls in computer science by showing our participants the real-world impact they can have through their code. LITAS also puts on events where girls present their coding projects to industry leaders in technology, gaining mentorship and networking opportunities.
OUR TEAM
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
Johnson & Johnson
Platinum Sponsor
Society for Science & the Public
Silver Sponsor
Phoenix Computer Academy
Bronze Sponsor
LATEST NEWS
LITAS Shortlisted for Nature Research Awards
We are delighted to share that LITAS For Girls has been shortlisted for the Nature Research Awards in Innovating Science! We have been chosen as one of 5 shortlisted applicants globally for our achievements in guiding young women in STEM.
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LITAS Making Impact in Panchkula, India
Over 200 girls and 4 teachers participated in the LITAS workshop at CLDAV, Sector 11 Panchkula, India. Over 98% of the girls said they would be interested in continuing with computer science and our training modules in our platform!
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LITAS Mentorship Feature: Ria Vora & Katherine Kurtin
One of our LITAS certified clubs recently interned as a business development intern for eight weeks at Neolth under Dr. Katherine Curtin, a Behavorial Neuroscientist specializing in Integrative and Behavioral Health and a mentor for LITAS for Girls.
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LITAS Launches COVID-19 Taskforce
LITAS For Girls has recently launched a series of virtual seminars for middle and high school girls, focused on how data science can be used to combat pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemics. The organization has also assembled the LITAS COVID-19 taskforce, a virtual community of students from around the globe working on original projects to combat COVID-19.
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LITAS Team Builds App for COVID-19 Tracking and Info
A team of high school students from the LITAS COVID-19 Taskforce recently built a webapp, called the "COVID-19 Zip Code Decoder" to help users retrieve information about the COVID-19 outbreak in their area based on their zip code. The COVID-19 Zipcode Decoder was built with HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and deployed online by the students to be freely and widely available. The app is available on Github and online at https://tinyurl.com/covid19-zipcode-decoder.
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LITAS Certified WeCanToo program and Khushi Gupta Interview
Celebrating the successful completion of the LITAS Certified WeCanToo Program + Interview with LITAS Leader Khushi Gupta
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LITAS Guest Speaker: Dr. Maria Wendt
LITAS for Girls hosted the first guest speaker of our Distinguished Speaker Series, Dr. Maria Wendt, Head of Biologics Research at Sanofi US and Global Head of Digital Biologics Platform at Sanofi.
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LITAS Founder Delivers Keynote at Amgen BioGENEius Challenge
LITAS Founder Anvita Gupta delivered the Keynote Address at this year's BioGENEius Bay Area Competition, hosted by Amgen and California Life Sciences (CLS) Association!
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LITAS Industry Panel on Careers in STEM
On Monday, March 18th, LITAS presented an insightful Industry Panel on "Career Pathways in Science and Technology," showcasing the journeys of three remarkable women paving the way in STEM fields. The panel was moderated by Anvita Gupta, founder and CEO of LITAS for Girls, AINovo Biotech CEO, Stanford CS '19. More than twenty five students from middle and high school attended, 75% of whom had little to no previous experience in computer science.
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