Women in Computing club has focused on bringing the tech industry into our college to help students gain a professional edge. We learned a tremendous amount in a short time through the session with LI Women in Tech. Students asked questions from which coding languages to learn and how to prepare for a technical interview to how to handle non-citizen status while pursuing internships. I truly feel this experience will help push many of us forward including the professors in the room! We can’t thank Shana, Marianne and Stefana enough for spending their valuable time with our students.

As a high school science teacher for the past 30 years, currently at Commack High School, I am always looking to build connections between my students and adult role models engaged in science/technological careers. Some of my students and I partnered with LI Women in Tech and that partnership worked beyond any original expectations I had. A group of four young women wanted to build an App for a computer competition, they had an idea—create a computer application to help immigrant women on Long Island, but the students needed assistance in the processes of developing concrete approaches to organizing and coding the app. We were fortunate to have discovered Stefana Muller and LI Women in Tech. Stefana leveraged her team of professionals and provided our students with invaluable practical hands-on advice. Through communication via e-mails, phone calls and face-to- face workshops the team learned through real world experience the technical and business side of technology. The app called ImmiGreat is done; the students made a pitch to a group of professionals in NYC and have been invited to test the app with some immigrant advocate groups on Long Island. I have a good sense of what works for students in the classroom environment, our connection with LI Women in Tech developed into an incredibly successful connection that enhanced the educational experience and encouraged a group of young women to enter the world of technology and business.