STEM E3
Girls Holding Up Signs to Promote Science, Empowering Women and Girls, YWCA Boulder County

STEM E3 is a hands-on, real-world Science, Technology, Engineering and Math program primarily for girls of color in fifth through eighth grades across Boulder County, emphasizing education, employment and entrepreneurship. 

STEM E3 provides education opportunities, career exploration and mentorship for young students through Introductory Jam Sessions and workshops with local and national technology leaders.  

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What’s Happening

STEM E3 Events and News

In 2019, YWCA Boulder was selected as one of two YWCA branches in the country to be awarded a grant by Google.org to increase Black and Latinx students’ access to computer science and artificial intelligence education.

Today, YWCA Boulder County’s STEM program has grown to include introductory Jam Sessions and Workshops for a deeper dive into a STEM area of interest, including healthcare and biomedical technology, networking and connectivity, business technology, and computer science.

“For economic advancement and equity, we have to make sure women of the future are in STEM positions.”
- Debbie Pope, YWCA Boulder County CEO

Ways to Get Involved ↘

Girls on the Computer, Empowering Women and Girls, YWCA Boulder County

  • Host or Sponsor a STEM Event

  • Speak on a panel of STEM women

  • Attend an Event

  • “My daughter has left each [STEM E3Jam Session] feeling so inspired with a new set of dreams, goals and opportunities unlocked! I cannot underscore enough the impact this experience has had on her. She has mentioned after both Google and Medtronic how impactful it was to her to see women of color in those spaces. She expressed that seeing them in these creative, powerful, life changing roles has helped her feel more confident and more resolved in her belief that achieving her own dreams is possible. Thank you, thank you!”

    – Parent of a STEM E3 student participant

  • My children had the opportunity to participate in the Stem E3 Program at Medtronic, and absolutely loved it! They loved the opportunity to learn more about robotic surgery and how various Medtronic products work. As a perioperative nurse familiar with Medtronic, it was a perfect full-circle exposure/experience for them. Thank you for sparking their curiosity and desire to dig deeper!”

    – Parent of STEM E3 student participants