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Girl Geek Academy co-founder and #SheMakesGames creator, Lisy Kane is on this Games list for the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30. Continue Reading

We are over the moon we have received funding from the Federal Government to scale MissMakesCode, our hackathon for young girls aged 5-8, in schools across Australia in 2017. We ran a pilot for #MissMakesCode in September and now we’re taking it to teachers Australia-wide to bring the delight of building things on the internet to SO MANY MORE young girls.… Continue Reading

Our co-founder Amanda Watts has created amazing Girl Geek merch for us! So excited to follow our dreams in Girl Geek Academy doona covers! Continue Reading

Welcome to the MVP of the Girl Geek Academy podcast. We captured some of the stories of women in games at our event #SheMakes_Games, held as part of Melbourne International Games Week. Join Sarah and Lisy as they preview what’s ahead! Continue Reading

Congratulations to Duyen Ho – the winner of the inaugural Girl Geek Academy Scholarship! Duyen will complete General Assembly’s Web Development Immersive Scholarship WDI9 from September 26th to December 15th 2016. Duyen has been trying to make a career change into web development for a full year. She has been teaching herself to code for the past six months. She spends every… Continue Reading

#MissMakesCode is almost here and before the day we wanted to let you know a few things. On arrival 9.00 amGuardians and their MissMakers should arrive at the main entrance of Templestowe College, 7 Cypress Ave, Templestowe Lower VIC 3107 and head to B Block where there will be a registration desk at the turn off from the main corridor. Please… Continue Reading

#SheHacks 2016 – WomenWelcomeWomen [kleo_gap] This idea came from our frustration that we cannot do anything about Australian government’s policy towards refugees combined with our own experiences as immigrants to Australia. We have all struggled to settle in, whether figuring out how the trams work – how to get a driver’s license, or what the best brand of milk is… Continue Reading

#SheHacks 2016 Winner – Hackolades [kleo_gap] Hackolades is a safe space to share and celebrate great work. Users post snippets of cool code, images, videos or animations and then receive likes and comments from fellow hackers. There are over 19 million developers worldwide and Stack Overflow has over 3 million unique visitors a month. 12% of Stack Overflow readers are women… Continue Reading

At #SheHacks 2016, we wanted to capture the experience of our hackers, hipsters and hustlers. We think our events are fun (it’s one of our core values), and we like to make sure we share the experience with amazing event pics!  These photos were made possible by our delightful photographer Bri Hammond. If you’re looking for more images of Women in Tech,… Continue Reading