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6608 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115
6608 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115
Greater Than Tech is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to helping create the next generation of innovative technology leaders
by introducing girls and underserved students to immersive educational programs at the intersection of STEM and business.
Greater Than Tech (GTT) is reaching to levels beyond STEM to build the next generation of diverse technology business leaders. We instill the importance of self-efficacy, STEM entrepreneurship and social impact in all our programming. We provide the following components for all our students to have the confidence to define their own path in tech:
Black and Hispanic students earn fewer than 19% of STEM bachelor's degrees.
Fewer than 1% of and .5% of leadership positions in tech are held by Latinx and Black women respectively.
In the U.S., women of color make up just 4% of small business technology leaders.
We deliver our GTT program curriculum to our community partners who already serve students from underestimated communities within the region. We developed a Community Robotics Program for schools and organizations who did not have or had little to no access to robotics. This is an 11-week afterschool program where students design, build, and code robots, while also developing a business pitch.
Self-efficacy is critical when it comes to achieving seemingly difficult goals for the first time. We understand the impact this has on girls pursuing STEM. Outside of our curriculum programs, we provide mentorship, college and tech industry tours, guest speakers, and homework help to middle and high school girls
Oftentimes, women of color in tech spaces and especially in technical leadership positions are considered “unicorns”. We want to dispel that fairytale!
Let’s normalize women of color in tech instead of further isolating them.
We teach technology and business together.
We are always in need of volunteers.
Help create the next future innovators by providing a donation.
The educational program hosted by Greater Than Tech and sponsored by Collins Aerospace tagged “Girl Meet Drone” is aimed at exposing underserved girls between ages 12 and 16 to drone technology and its potential to change the world for social good
On Saturday, March 14th, 2020, Greater Than Tech (GTT) hosted their event Tech Outside the Box, a workshop for girls to brainstorm ideas for new uses of a common technology, work in teams to develop creative hands-on product ideas, learn a high-level concept of the engineering design process and the business model canvas and best of all, be instructed by two women engineers and the co-founders of GTT.
San Diego is a booming city when it comes to tech. We are 9th in the nation for tech jobs, 6th on PwC’s regional investment list in 2020 and we have some amazing startups in our backyard like ClickUp, Virbela and Shield AI. We are commonly known for our bio-tech and defense industries while we are becoming a more established innovation economy by the day.
"What truly sets Greater Than Tech apart is its ability to seamlessly blend education with a real-world, customer-centric approach. Our scholars left with technical skills and a holistic understanding of how engineering and business can work in harmony to meet customer needs."
Perla Myers - Executive Director, Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education
“My daughter enjoyed Girl Meets Drone. She was delighted to work with girls just like her who had an interest in coding. The program gave her the opportunity to apply the coding skills she had in a practical business environment. She was also surprised to see how coding related to drones.
She now believes she can build a business as well as an engineering career. The GTT team put together an excellent program that shows our girls a pathway to not just thinking about solutions but innovating and executing them as well. I look forward to signing up for the next one."
Adesola Akindele – CEO & Founder, HyGear Technologies
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