Posts by Autumn Arnett
Bringing the Fun into Tech Education to Build Student Confidence
When I was working on my initial vision board for HYPE, I pinned the 2014 Google study, “Women Who Choose Computer Science—What Really Matters,” which found that four factors – social encouragement, self-perception, academic exposure, and career perception – are key to girls’ and women’s decision to choose tech careers. As someone who left the…
Read MoreScholar Spotlight: Talaia R.
Talaia has been in the HYPE family since 2020. She is a former HYPE scholarship recipient and is starting her junior year of college majoring in cybersecurity. We recently asked Talaia some questions to get to know her better. Here’s what she had to say: What is your favorite part about being involved in HYPE?…
Read MoreThe 2024 HYPE International Experience was Saved by Students’ Heart for Service
You can imagine how stressed we were when Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Jamaica just days before our nine HYPE alumnae and three trip leaders were scheduled to take off for our 2024 HYPE International Experience. This was set to be our first trip since 2019, and we worried that yet another trip would be…
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