This February, 26 middle school girls and gender-expansive youth joined us for Coding Club. Over the course of the week, they learned the foundations of HTML and CSS, built their own websites, met women working in STEM, and pushed themselves in ways that were both technical and personal. Every year of Coding Club feels a little different. This year stood out for how collaborative the group became. We began with the big picture before diving into code. We talked about what com

When Maria Monberg steps into a Science Club, she carries with her not just a PhD in translational cancer biology, but a lifetime of lived experience shaped by early STEM exposure, a deeply supportive family, and an unwavering belief that science belongs to everyone. Today, she works with oncology data in Cambridge, helping interpret clinical data for cancer patients day in and day out – work she loves and feels fortunate to do. But what fuels her commitment to mentoring girl

When Ashley Cooper leads a Science Club, she brings more than her background in neuroscience and anthropology. She brings care. She brings curiosity. And she brings a vision of science that is as much about empathy and connection as it is about data and discovery.  Today, Ashley is a second-year PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine at Yale University, where she studies the history of psychiatry and examines how social realities, like stigma and structural barrie

This fall, we wrapped up another exciting semester of free Science Clubs! Across in-person and virtual clubs, more than 960 participants dove headfirst into our Human Body Curriculum, exploring how the systems inside our bodies work together to keep us healthy, strong, and moving.  To support this hands-on learning, our team packed and distributed an incredible 6,960 STEM curriculum kits for the Fall Clubs, ensuring that every participant had the tools they needed to fully en