About Girls Get Connected

 

Girls Get Connected was founded in September 2000 to address the shortage of technology workers in the United States. In 2000, technology companies in the United States sought and hired computer professionals from foreign countries for a variety of jobs in the technology industry as there were not enough trained workers in the United States, yet women are an untapped resource for these careers. Women make up less than 20 percent of the technology or engineering work force. And, even fewer people of color are part of the science and technology work force. GGCC emerged to prepare girls and girls of color for careers in science and technology.