STEAM for girls
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- Mar 2
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Y-TEENS VI’s mission is to support and empower girls and young women to pursue their interest in STEAM related areas, especially in coding, engineering, graphic design, technology, leadership development, communications and creative expression. They promote the engagement of girls and young women in the USVI through personal growth, leadership development, mentoring, and technology training.
The ongoing support of the Liberty Foundation has enabled this mission, and the different programs continue to produce graduate members who are leading themselves and their peers, academically sound and college bound to pursue their passion in various. technology and STEAM related fields.
Last year, Y-TEENS VI celebrated the first Student Showcase, highlighting the work completed by participants during the initial session of their new Coding and Graphic Design Afterschool Program. This innovative program began on January 30, 2025, and has since provided eight weeks of training for the first cohort of students.
“We have been blessed to be part of the Liberty family for the past 4 years and because of their sponsorship we have been able to do an after-school mentorship program in STEAM. This past year we have integrated boys as well and we see this as a natural expansion. We are grateful because when we needed seed money to make a lot of our programs work, it was Liberty Foundation that stepped in and said we recognize the value of the work that you are doing, and we want to help you to do it," said Donnalie Edwards-Cavey, president & executive director of Y-TEENS VI.
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