Reagan High School senior Varsha Shashishekar's nonprofit PyGirls helps get girls into science, technology, engineering and math.
Varsha Shashishekar is a senior at Ronald Reagan High School and the founder of PyGirls, a nonprofit that encourages girls to get into STEM.senior Varsha Shashishekar was inspired watching billionaire genius Tony Stark build high-tech gadgets in the Marvel Comics movies, and seeing the droid R2-D2 solve all sorts of problems inShashishekar said such sci-fi stories made her feel like technology can be used to build practically anything.
Since rolling out PyGirls, Shashishekar, her board members and team of 40-plus volunteers have used the organization’s digital presence to distribute blogs and newsletters, interview STEM students and professionals, organize workshops, summer camps and hackathons — all designed to urge young girls to pursue computer science and related fields.
Shashishekar said PyGirls seeks to increase collaboration with local schools, and strengthen the nonprofit’s mentorship program to make STEM even more accessible for underrepresented groups.
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