Pasadena-Foothill Valley YWCA

Ywca Pasadena-Foothill Valley's girls' empowerment programs were operated by parent organization, Ywca glendale & pasadena and include after school programming: girls' circle (a structured, weekly after school support group for girls 12-15 using an evidence-based curriculum), camp rosie: girls on the rise (our signature summer camp focused on steam education and healthy relationships workshops for girls 12-14), and tech gyrls (year round coding camps, robotics workshops and steam mentoring and tutoring for girls 12-18). These interconnected programs are designed to foster connection, increase personal and collective strength, build resiliency practices, and develop applied knowledge growth so girls can dream big and pursue career paths in science, technology, engineering, arts and math. The girls served through our empowerment programs are primarily students of color; 33% are hispanic/latinx; 29% are white and armenian; 16% are asian; 12% are african american; 3% are middle eastern, 2% are native american; 5% preferred not to selfidentify. All girls come from families who identify as low to very low income. Fiscal year 20-21 we served 94 girls from the pasadena community and collectively with our parent organization, we served 208 girls including providing violence prevention education to 61 girls.