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Latinitas Receives American Honda Foundation Grant
We are excited to announce… Latinitas received the American Honda Foundation Grant!! The American Honda Foundation grants are characterized by the following characteristics: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, innovative, scientific and humanistic. They do this through the vehicle of supporting youth STEM education. This month, out of a selection of 1% of finalists from over 500…
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Latinitas Proudly Receives Texas One Star Foundation’s COVID Relief Grant
Latinitas was just 1 of 16 recipients statewide of Texas One Star Foundation’s COVID Relief grant this summer! The selection was focused on nonprofits doing the longtime equity and education work amongst COVID’s most vulnerable communities. This summer, Latinitas took on 14 weeks of remote camps, conferences and coding certification programs which attracted participation from…
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Latinitas partners with Facebook to bring Engineer For The Week
Latinitas has partnered with Facebook to bring Engineer For The Week to our chicas! Engineer For The Week is a national, after school STEM program that introduces historically underrepresented learners (ages 11-18) to engineering. Latinitas has implemented the STEM curriculum into our after school program to bring our chicas more opportunities than ever! Over the…
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StartUp Chica (10/10) is taking over the world! But first the nation!
Startup Chica is going Nacional! Our annual conference Startup Chica is happening October 10th! This one day event gathers girls and teens ages 9-18 to come together and spend the day learning the business skills needed to launch their own startup or product that identifies and solves community issues. Throughout the day, the teams will…
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Future Chica Conference (7/18) Takes on COVID, Climate Change – the works!
Latinitas’ signature Spring conference: Future Chica is in its 3rd year in Austin this July. This one day event gathers girls and teens ages 9-18 to come together and use 21st century technologies to do some problem-solving on a global level. The day is broken up into three parts: intros to new tech, career presentation…
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Virtual Latinitas: Remote Summer Programs 2020
Born out of the need to increase the representation of Latina and other girls of color in media and technology, Latinitas has a long-history of pivoting and adapting quickly to social and economic trends and now, for the first time, a pandemic. Almost immediately following the call for shelter in place Latinitas began moving its…
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Amplify New and Diverse Voices in Media and Tech: Latinitas 20 in 2020 Campaign
AUSTIN, TX –Â 80% of Austin’s incoming kindergarten is LatinX and 50% of those kids are female so when you say the future is female, that female in Austin is most likely a “Latinita.” Almost 20 years old, Latinitas has been the only bilingual STEM nonprofit in Austin for this long and that impact is…
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Courageous Leadership Scholarship – Apply Now!
The purpose of Latinitas Courageous Leader Scholarship Award is to encourage the pursuit of higher education and enrich the tech industry through culture and gender diversity. Latinitas program participants who aspire towards advancing their education in Business and/or STEM-related majors (business, accounting, marketing, mathematics, science, engineering, computer science, and physics) are invited to apply for…
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REGISTER: Code Chica Cohort 4!
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! REGISTER NOW! This program is FREE, and upon completion of the program, students will receive a $75 stipend and a certificate outlining their accomplishments. Students will work together with instructors and guest speakers that currently work in computer science, engineering, technology development, and more, and will learn fundamentals…
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Journalism Boot Camp – Media Chica 2020 Is Here!
Ready to create your own story? Make your voice be heard and sign up for Latinitas’ new teen reporter program–Media Chicas! This FREEÂ three-day boot camp will give girls in 8th-12th grade the amazing opportunity to learn from professionals in the field of Journalism and take on first-hand reporting on local news! Get your work…
