Black Girls Do STEM

Black Girls Do STEM Join us in shaping the future.

Black Girls Do STEM empowers Black girls through scholarship, mentorship, and hands-on training in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, building the next generation of innovators and changemakers. Black Girls Do STEM is committed to empowering the spirit of innovation within every Black girl and inspiring them to see themselves as future scientists, engineers, and innovators. Through

community outreach and hands-on, workshop-based programs, we create opportunities for Black girls from urban communities to explore STEM in an integrated and engaging way. Our STEM Saturday Academy nurtures curiosity in middle school girls through monthly sessions filled with interactive learning, while our Empowerment, Preparation, and Placement program supports high school students with ACT prep, tutoring, mentorship, internships, and more. By providing these experiences, we aim to actively close the gap between Black female scientists and the broader STEM world, giving Black girls the chance to step into the forefront of the next wave of scientific discovery. Girls in grades 6–12 can join our programs to grow their confidence, explore new possibilities, and connect with inspiring mentors. Community support makes this work possible: donations fund scholarships, resources, and experiences, while volunteers provide vital mentoring and event support that help close the gap in STEM. Visit our website to discover how you can get involved and support a new normal, empowering the next generation of Black Women Doing STEM!

STEM Saturday Academy focus for the month is Fashion Engineering. Girls like fashion and they want to be engineers, so w...
05/30/2026

STEM Saturday Academy focus for the month is Fashion Engineering. Girls like fashion and they want to be engineers, so we went from fashion tech to fashion engineering focused on all aspects of design, material and sustainability.

Girls fashioned from recycled materials and used fabrics, they were able to be as creative as possible while understanding sustainability and exploring ways to make fashion more sustainable by upcycling more and throwing away less. In this month design challenge, we channeled project runway and there could only be one winner!

Stay tune for a couple runway show and designs to be on display at our end of year showcase on October 18th, save the date!

05/29/2026

Ready to network with intent and impact for Black girls in STEM in St. Louis? ✨

Registration is OPEN for the Black Girls Do STEM (BGDSTEM) Q2 Quarterly Professional STEM Networking Mixer! Following the massive success of our inaugural launch, we are back on June 9th at SLU IL Monastero to connect, collaborate, and celebrate.

This isn’t just your average networking event. It’s a powerful space where Black, early-career, and women STEM professionals, corporate ERGs, and industry allies come together to mentor BGDSTEM Alumni and college-aged youth. Plus, we’ll be presenting high school graduates with Scholarships!

How you can pull up:

🎟️ Individual Registration: Grab your ticket with a $40 donation—100% of proceeds directly fund hands-on STEM education and career pathways for Black girls in grades 6–12.
💼 Corporate ERG Sponsorships: Give your team high-visibility community engagement and direct pipeline access (Packages from $2,500 - $7,500).

Space is limited, and you’ll want to be in the room where real career connections happen.
👉 Secure your spot or lock in your company’s sponsorship today! Link in bio or visit www.bgdstem.com

05/29/2026

Current 8th grade families, this one's for you.

Join us tonight at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom to learn about the St. Louis Junior Bonds Program. Eligible students heading into 9th grade this fall could receive a share of a $1.5 million investment fund to use toward college, a home, a business, or retirement. See the flyer for details and join us tonight.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89789391975?pwd=lka3oR4E3dx2Q7FnrNqIUu0msxUW77.1

Thank you to Good Journey Development Foundation for allowing our youth to come out to the Bustani Garden located in Nor...
05/27/2026

Thank you to Good Journey Development Foundation for allowing our youth to come out to the Bustani Garden located in North city. Girls learned about food apartheid from Mama Carol and Mama Dionne and were able to connect it back to South African Apartheid. Girls learned about how communities such as the Academy neighborhood have been separated from healthy food option with very few fresh food grocery stores in the neighborhood, and much of the city limits of St. Louis lacking adequate local grocery stores. This directly supplemented their learning about food systems and the putting together of their very own food system maps! You can see all of their learning this October at our end of program showcase so save the date for Sunday October 18th.

Where do you live? What grocery store do you shop at? How far do you travel?

These are all questions our girls asked as they learned over the last four month about Ag Science and Food Justice. We cannot do this work without our partner! Reach out to them learn about their community garden and get involved.

We hope everyone is having a safe, restful, and meaningful Memorial Day spent honoring the brave heroes who made the ult...
05/26/2026

We hope everyone is having a safe, restful, and meaningful Memorial Day spent honoring the brave heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 🤍

As we look forward to the rest of the week, we’re carrying that spirit of community and gratitude with us—and gearing up for what’s next!

Don't forget, our Q2 Quarterly Professional STEM Networking Mixer is just around the corner on June 9th at SLU IL Monastero! If you loved our inaugural launch, you won't want to miss this one. Come connect, mentor, and support STEM equity in St. Louis. Come as join as we celebrate our high school graduates through our scholarship ceremony, awarded each a $1000.00 scholarship! Meet the graduates who will be mentees in the fall alumni mentoring launch. 🎓

The final STEM legacy awards will be awarded at the Q3 event in September. You can still nominate your colleagues.

🎟️ Secure your spot or lock in an ERG corporate sponsorship today at https://ow.ly/mju150Z1j40
(Link in bio!)

This , we remember all the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice.We also honor the history of this day, which beg...
05/25/2026

This , we remember all the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice.
We also honor the history of this day, which began in 1865 when newly freed Black Americans and Black Union soldiers in Charleston, SC, held one of the 1st commemorations to honor fallen heroes. Legacy matters. History matters. We matter. 🖤✨

Thank you to A Red Circle Nonprofit Organization for allowing our youth to learn in their outdoor classroom and farm! Th...
05/23/2026

Thank you to A Red Circle Nonprofit Organization for allowing our youth to learn in their outdoor classroom and farm! This experience helps shape their understanding as young girls in STEM as well as community advocates. As girls better understand community structures and/or lack thereof the better they will be at solving their own community problems such as lack of healthy food access. girls spent the last four months learning about Ag Science and growing food, food systems and what it looks like to create a community centered solutions and advocate for food Justice. This does not just give them technology knowledge but also confidence and agency to identify and solve their own problems. We could not make all these relevant connections without the support of partners, so we are grateful for Erica the team at A Red Circle!

Helps us thank our partners, visit their farm and support what they are building!

05/22/2026

Thank you for your BUY-IN! Over the last 8 years we have had over 120 women enter and exit our mentoring networks across various places in their professional careers, from undergraduates, medical students, early carer professionals, 30 -year executives to those completion residency or other doctorate program. We thank each and every one of you for every hour you put into our program and the community you created with girls and with each other! Get in the room with seasoned professional, grow your network and your impact! We are sharping that community through our quarterly professional STEM networking mixer and for the first time directly supporting our Alumnae with mentors as they transition to college. We are looking for you to sign up in June for mentoring with our Alumnae past and present. Be in the room to celebrate STEM Legacy with the presentation of $1000 scholarship to all of our graduates and share words of wisdom and insight. Come be a part of collective learning, celebration and impact.

05/20/2026

Schools out for summer! 🎒🥽

BGDSTEM Summer Experiential Learning Field trips will begin in June, we go out to STEM industries for hands on learning in real world STEM environments meeting STEM professionals in their respective fields. Girls tour facilities to get of real understanding of work environments, talk with industry professionals to understand what they enjoy or not about their work, complete a hands-on STEM activity relevant to our partner industry. Since summer of 2022 we have partnered with over 15 companies and universities and completed over 30 experiential learning field trips. This summer we are also hosting three field trips for youth in our programming and their network. Career exploration cannot happen only in a classroom we take our girls to the field.

Tells us where you'd want to see us go? Black girls want to know!

You can partner with us and welcome our youth to your facility by submitting our partner form on our website.

05/18/2026

Can you identify MO birds? Our youth are in the field learning about native and migratory birds to our region to learn about how to watch and listen for birds when as they head to the Costa Rica. Plan your own tour to to start some learning and outdoor exploration. Over 400 species of birds pass through STL on migratory routes across the Missouri and Mississippi River down to the gulf of Mexico and up to Canada.

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