One of six Washington State Opportunity Scholarship recipients awarded this designation.
Senator Murray dropped by the Robot Workshop in Ellensburg, WA to learn about the mission of Nerdy Girls.
Met with Congresswoman Schrier to discuss the story and the mission of Nerdy Girls.
Nerdy Girls was featured in an article published by Crosscut, a Seattle-based media organization (part of Cascade Public Media).
Nerdy Girls was featured in the article Referee Finds Inspiration in Rural, All-Girls Robotics Program by Rob Fife for the FIRST blog.
Nerdy Girls was selected to be a recipient of the Legion of Youth Powered by Boeing award. Collaborated with Seahawks media crew to make a video featuring a Nerdy Girls robot interacting with Seahawks players. Had the opportunity to take 25 Kittitas County youth and their families to a Seahawks game.
Nerdy Girls was featured in a promotional video for FIRST Washington (FIRSTWA).
Selected to be the subject of a short documentary produced by a local filmmaker for Seattle International Film Festival. Documentary was also shown at Ellensburg Film Festival in October 2018.
Nerdy Girls was awarded a $2000 prize for work in forging a path for teen girls in the area of robotics. Prize funds were used to acquire laptops for Nerdy Girls members.
Nerdy Girls was featured by Ozobot in an article titled 20 Inspiring Women (and Girls) Changing the World of Robotics.
Nerdy Girls was featured by Girl Powered (an initiative created by VEX Robotics and the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation) in an article titled Teen Girls are Plotting Secret Takeover of Robotics World.
Nerdy Girls was awarded a $5000 grant to expand the program to include a more advanced robotics system.
Nerdy Girls was featured in an article published by the Daily Record, a local newspaper in Ellensburg, Washington.
My sister and I have hosted almost a hundred Friday night robot building parties for teen girls in the community as part of our work with Nerdy Girls.
My sister and I founded two all-girls robotics teams that took eastern Washington by storm. The teams qualified for the state championship in two of the three seasons that they were in operation during the pre-pandemic era.
My sister and I created and ran a summer robotics camp for kids in the community. All proceeds from the camp helped to fund the Nerdy Girls robotics teams.
Nerdy Girls brought the robot magic to elementary-aged kids as part of the Ellensburg School District’s Summer Literacy Camp.
My sister and I created and ran a summer workshop for teens in the community to teach them how to code robots as part of the Ellensburg Public Library Teen Scene program.