NCWIT ASPIRATIONS AWARDS
"The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors high school females who are active and interested in computing and technology, and encourages them to pursue their passions.
"This multi-tiered competition includes recognition at the national level (sponsored by Bank of America) and at the local level (sponsored by Microsoft), serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and all U.S. overseas military bases.
Each Affiliate Award winner receives recognition at an award event, an engraved award for both her and her school, scholarship and internship opportunities, access to a peer network of technical young women in the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Community (sponsored by Bloomberg), and various other prizes — computing resources, gadgets, sponsor swag, and more."
I have had the honor of being a State Winner for Georgia for 2016 and 2017, as well as being awarded among National Honorable Mentions in 2017. There are only 350 nationally recognized high school girls for the National Honorable Mention Award. I think it's pretty amazing that I'm among that pool of awesome females.
If you need proof, click on the image below. And no, I did not photoshop that image-- it's real.
I'm super excited that my ventures in computing are awarded a bunch of free stuff and a dinner at Georgia Tech. It's encouraged me to further impact my community; just recently, I co-led a technology program, sponsored by NCWIT, for girls at my local middle school. The ability to spread my tech wisdom to other girls is so much fun!
