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Our Mission

Greater Than Tech is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping create the next generation of innovative technology leaders from every community by introducing underestimated youth, including girls and young women, to immersive educational programs at the intersection of STEM and business.

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Our Impact

70%
Underestimated Communities
60+
Workshops Held
15+
Tech Tours
1500+
Students Served
2024 Impact Report
2023 Impact Report
2022 Impact Report

NOT YOUR AVERAGE STEM ORGANIZATION


Greater Than Tech (GTT) is reaching beyond STEM to build the next generation of innovative technology business leaders from every community. We instill the importance of self-efficacy, STEM entrepreneurship, and social impact throughout our programming. We provide the following components to help all students build the confidence to define their own path in tech:

  • Workshops
  • Demo Days
  • Development Programs
  • Training
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Our Why

19% 19%

Educate

Black and Hispanic students earn fewer than 19% of STEM bachelor's degrees.

1% 1%

Advocate

Fewer than 1% of and .5% of leadership positions in tech are held by Latinx and Black women respectively.

4% 4%

Empower

In the U.S., women of color make up just 4% of small business technology leaders.

GTT Community Programs

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.

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GTT Alumnae Club

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

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GTT Careers Programs

We introduce high school girls to emerging technology (Industry 4.0 technologies) to get them a headstart to be on the forefront of new innovation. This program leads to job shadowing and apprenticeship opportunities with our company program sponsors and partners.

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What's The Uncommon? What's The Uncommon?


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.

October 6, 2021

GIRL MEETS DRONE PROGRAM

Girl Meet Drone” is aimed at introducing underestimated students, including girls and young women ages 12 to 16, to drone technology and its potential to change the world for social good.

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May 31, 2021

TECH OUTSIDE THE BOX (RECAP)


On Saturday, March 14th, 2020, Greater Than Tech (GTT) hosted Tech Outside the Box, a workshop for students, including girls and young women, to brainstorm ideas for new uses of common technology, work in teams to develop creative hands-on product ideas, learn high-level concepts of the engineering design process and business model canvas, and receive instruction from two women engineers and the co-founders of GTT.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

TAKING TECH TRAINING INTO OUR
OWN HANDS

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.

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Testimonies

“The name says it all. Greater than Tech and its founder’s Jasmine LeFlore and Brittany Wheeler, bring a unique and needed perspective to STEM enrichment programs.”


Charlene Brown – Development Director,
Elementary Institute of Science

"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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