Girls Dream Code: Building Belonging In STEM with Victoria Kyereme

Imagine a classroom where every question is welcome, the instructor looks like you, and code feels less like a wall and more like a door. That’s the world Victoria Kyereme is building with Girls Dream Code, and it started with her own winding path from pre-pharmacy to computer science—and the stubborn belief that belonging should not be a lottery.

We talk about the moments that shaped her: arriving in Minnesota from Ghana, navigating majors without a roadmap, and finding that first programming class that balanced logic with creativity. Victoria explains how a lack of mentors and representation became her fuel to found a nonprofit that serves girls of color and low-income communities ages 10 to 24. Her blueprint is simple and powerful: small, safe cohorts; culturally responsive teaching; and real projects that translate into internships at major tech companies. Along the way, we unpack why representation matters, how culturally aware curricula beat imposter syndrome, and what it takes to move students from curiosity to career.

This conversation also gets practical about scale. Victoria shares a five-year vision to strengthen Minnesota’s tech pipeline—from first interest to education, from bootcamps and college to employer partnerships—and why consistent funding unlocks more cohorts, instructors, and outcomes. If you care about equity in STEM, women in tech, and creating real access for girls of color, you’ll find tangible steps to help: share the mission, connect hiring partners, and donate to sustain quality instruction that changes lives.

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Transcript

Welcome & Community Invitation

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to the Cake Therapy Podcast, a slice of joy and healing with your host, Dr. Trisha Foster. This is a heartwarming and uplifting space that celebrates the transformative hour of baking therapy. The conversations will be a delightful blend of inspirational stories, expert insights, and practical baking tips. Each episode will take listeners on its journey of self-discovery, emotional healing, and connection to the therapeutic art of baking. There's something here for everyone. So lock in and let's get into it.

Meet Victoria Kayeri

SPEAKER_01 0:56

I am extremely grateful to all of you who join us and um it's back weekly to hear from us about the stories that are shared on our podcast. Your listenership means a lot to us, okay? We want to continue to build out this digital space or this digital community. So I am encouraging you to share our podcast or episodes on your platforms. Remember to tag the Cake Therapy Foundation and just help us to, you know, grow our community here over at the Cake Therapy Foundation and the Cake Therapy Podcast. Today I'm excited about this young lady who is joining us on the podcast. She's incredible. She's the new wave y'all. Um she is Miss Victoria Kayeri. Um she's the founder and executive director of Girls Dream Code in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Um her mission is really about girls. She wants to empower girls of color and low-income communities to explore and pursue careers in tech. Yep, she's our tech guru. And as a senior software engineer, Victoria knows firsthand how powerful tech skills can be, not only in opening doors to careers, but also in building confidence, community, and a sense of belonging in girls. She founded this nonprofit in 2020. Girls Dream Code, like I mentioned, provides free tech programs to girls 10 through 24, where she creates space where they can learn, grow, and thrive in the STEM field. Um in today's episode, we'll be diving into Victoria's journey, her vision for the future of tech, and why it is important or why she deems it important to give girls of color the tools and resources that they deserve and that so that they can, you know, in fact, succeed. Um, what I want to um explore also in today's episode is how Girls Dream Code and Victoria is really making a lasting impact on why tech. Why step such an essential field for empowerment? And how can we support her and this incredible work? So I'm excited to dive into the fascinating and inspiring conversation as both Girls Dream Code and the Cake Therapy Foundation, guess what? We share a similar goal. We want to empower girls in meaningful and impactful ways. Uh, so welcome, Victoria, to the Cake Therapy Podcast. We're happy to have you.

SPEAKER_02 3:36

Thank you. I'm happy to be here. How are you doing, girl? I'm doing good. Yeah, I'm doing good. Um, there was Memorial Day weekend, so back to the grind.

Victoria’s Story Beyond The Bio

SPEAKER_01 3:53

So you are a software engineer, and um, like I mentioned in the intro, that you founded Girls Dream Cold, and it's truly inspiring. I think we have not the same modality um at Cake Therapy, but we serve the same um community of girls, you know, low-income girls. We try to empower girls to become their best selves. And in your case, you're teaching them that tech matters. Um, but I would like to know from you, with you know, outside of that illustrious bio that Stephanie pulled together for you, who is Victoria outside of your bio? Share with us a little bit.

SPEAKER_02 4:35

Okay, yeah, so um just a little bit about me, I guess outside of the like, you know, elevator pitch type of topic, but um I am an immigrant. I am originally from Ghana, West Africa, and I came um to this country and to Minnesota um when I was really young. I came with my parents, and so um just being like just being an immigrant as well, woman of color, first generation. I'm not there, my parents went to college. Um I just knew that I had to overcome a lot of different hurdles, um, especially growing up where I grew up in Minnesota. Um, and so that's really what like drove me to want to really advocate for girls that look like me in whatever kind of capacity. It just so happens to be in STEM and in tech. Um, but I just always have that passion for trying to just advocate for black and brown girls, underrepresented girls, just because of just different things that I grew up um that I went through growing up and things like that. So just wanting to, you know, be that safe space for for girls that they can look up to. So um a little bit more about me. I have a twin sister. Um that's my only sibling. And um I like to travel. I travel a lot. I've been to, I can't keep counting now, but I think it's been like 13 or maybe 14 countries, maybe more now, but I really like to travel. And I fun fact, I played the clarinet for like um I think like eight years. Oh wow. I I really enjoyed play the clarinet. So that's um a little fun fact about me.

The Winding Path Into Computer Science

SPEAKER_01 6:33

Um and yeah, it's kind of those are a lot of fun facts. Um, you're a twin and you play the clarinet. What one thing we have um that's similar is we are immigrants. I'm a Jamaican. Um I'm a Jamaican in Minnesota, child. It's not what what got you into tech though? Um talk about your own path into tech.

Finding Mentors And Representation

SPEAKER_02 7:00

Yeah, so after high school, I was um, so I went to North Dakota State for my undergrad. That's in Fargo, North Dakota. So cold up there, but um, that's where I went for my undergrad. And um originally my dad, this is a very common thing with like African parents, probably you know, Caribbean parents too, but they always want you to go like to medical school or like or like be a lawyer or just something like that, you know. So I went to North Dakota State being like a pre-pharmacy major because my dad told me to do it. Um but I um so I didn't really know anything about computer science. Um, I didn't know anything about engineering, nothing about it. And I was like, I got good grades in high school, but I wouldn't say like I like gravitated towards like STEM. I just studied really hard so that I could, you know, get good grades and things like that. But um yeah, I didn't really um know what I wanted to major in. So um I went into college, my freshman year, being a pre-pharmacy major, and I was taking the different courses, like organic chem, all that stuff. And I just I don't know. Like it was just something that I was just like, if I stopped at a bachelor's degree, what could I do with this? You know what I mean? And I'm like, do you want to be in a lab? Like, I don't know, you know. Um, like if I didn't go too far in my school, is what I was kind of thinking. Um, and so I just was undecided. I declared my major undecided, um, my sophomore year, and I was just taking different classes. So I tried taking um at NDSC what's called like human development and family science, so kind of like that social sciences area. So because I thought maybe I could be a social worker. Um so I was taking some of those classes. Um, I also took like a um like I took like Calc 1 and Calc 2 and different things like that because I thought maybe I could um be like a math teacher, so mathematics education. Um, and then I also stumbled upon an um intro to programming class. I honestly didn't even know what that was. Um, but I was just like, I'm taking random classes, like let me just see what this is about. And this was in the computer science department. This was the spring of my sophomore year, and um I really enjoyed that class because it was challenging, but it wasn't it was a different kind of challenge because organic chem was challenging, back human development, family science course was challenging, as well as um like how to and all that stuff. But the programming class was a different kind of challenge where it's really like um you could really be creative with your solutions or how you approach the problem um with coding, and so I um kind of just like dive more into like okay, what is this computer science major? And originally I thought maybe I would major in management information systems, which is kind of a combination of um computer science and business. So because I just kind of thought like I don't know if I can do computer science, like I don't know if I'm capable of doing it. That's like a lot of hardcore like math and like theory and that stuff. So I just didn't know if I could do that. I thought maybe like maybe I should do management information systems because at the time it was um a mix of business classes and like the programming classes, but you didn't have to get too in-depth with like math and statistics and like the you know, like all that stuff, at least at music of the state. Um, and so but then I looked at the like the number amount of credits needed to graduate, and I was like, oh like the MIS, like because it was in the business school, like they just had a lot more business credits and stuff, and I was just like, okay, college is not free, time is ticking, I need to declare a major and just stick with it. So I stuck with computer science and I declared that as my major, and it definitely was not easy, um, because I didn't really have a lot of like guidance or new other older students that majored in it. Yeah. Because I was um sometimes I would be involved with the African student union, like on my campus, but a lot of those people were um engineering majors, like electrical, mechanical. So we're not like so some of our classes are different, and and as well with the females that were there, a lot of them were in like the health, like nursing or um yeah, that kind of space. And so again, like I just didn't really have that, like, like somebody I could really like, you know, uh go to that's like been in the major to really um kind of like be that mentor for me. And so I just had to like figure out this computer science degree on my own and you know reach out to professors for help and form my own study groups with my classmates and stuff because you know it definitely was a journey. But I I really looking back at it, I I do and I did enjoy that program even though it was challenging, um because it got me to this point, you know, uh where I'm able to create that space space for young girls to learn about computer science and tech because now we see it's like taking over, you know. So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:45

You know, so that's what I was like wondering. It's like you having to create um a space for yourself while in university, do you think that was the impetus behind you creating girls' dream code? And and why? Why did you feel like you needed to do that?

Why Girls Dream Code Was Born

Defining A Safe Space In Tech

SPEAKER_02 13:03

Yeah, I feel like in like during my undergrad, um I can I can remember like a few study groups that I had that surprisingly had a lot of um women in it. There were a lot of white women, but there were women in it, and but there weren't a lot of us, like there really weren't that many of us at all, like and as far as like black people, was not that many. Um it was predominantly white men and then um like Asian or like Indian guys as well. Um, but it was like, yeah, we're already a minority being like women in this like major, but then like I just like I didn't really see that many like black women in in my program. Um and so yeah, that really like just kind of going through college without having like that like mentorship or guidance or anything like that, like I definitely feel like it inspired me as well. When I started my when I started Girl Street Co, I was already working in the industry for um about three years at that point, or three or four years at that point. Um, and again, like I just felt I just feel like throughout my career I just haven't had like that mentor, you know? Um or when I've tried to like maybe I feel like I found one. Um it just I don't know. Like so I just never really like found that. And also growing up, like I did not have any kind of a program like what Girl Street Code is for like young girls to um learn coding and stuff like that. So after college, I actually moved to Chicago because I wanted something different, you know. Like I grew up in Minnesota, went to North Dakota. I'm like, I need to change it up. I need to change up my scenery. Why not need to go? I didn't know anybody there. I just I I just moved, I knew like this was my senior year of college. Yeah, we applying a job to find Chicago because I was just like, I want to get, I just want to change, you know? Yeah, so that's what I did. And then like when I did that, they they just had more things there. That was the first time I even heard about like a girls who code or a black girl's coat, um, and type girls. So I actually my first time volunteering with an organization like that was with Black Girls Code. And I just like I just enjoyed myself, like it was just so cool. Like the workshop I did was like uh I was volunteering at um, they were doing like robotics and different things. It was like a day-long workshop um in Chicago, and it was just like I just like we didn't we didn't have anything like this in Minnesota, and there were so many young black girls there. Like I just like I just thought it was just so cool. Um, and then after that event, I volunteered more with um another organization called Tech Girls, um, which is just for like middle school girls in the Chicago area, that specific chapter. And um, I was actually teaching the workshops now, um still volunteering, but I was teaching the workshops. So we would do like an intro to like JavaScript or Python and different things like that. Um, and I would like be hosting these workshops, and I just got just a sense of fulfillment because I just like I knew how difficult computer science was for me. And so it made me like fulfilled when I'm like able to teach young girls concepts that maybe they think like is way too hard for them because like that's what I was like thinking when I was trying to pick out my major. Like, I don't think I'm capable for computer science. Like this looks intense, and I was like, you know, doubting myself, but you know, I I did it, you know, I I stuck with it and I did it, graduated, Magna Cula. And then I went on to grad school. I got like all A's at grad school, uh, computer science masters, and so yeah, I just really just have this sense of fulfillment that um like I'm able to teach these girls these concepts that maybe they think is too challenging for them, but they realize that. Yeah, do it.

SPEAKER_01 17:29

Yeah. So you you talk about um for girls' dream code, you want to create a safe space. Um what is um how do you define a safe space in the context of text of like tech?

SPEAKER_02 17:45

Yeah, so I think it goes back to what I was just saying about um really being in like being in a room or just being in a classroom where you're seeing the instructor who looks like you or has shared experiences with you that's teaching you these concepts, and you don't feel like you're not feeling this imposter syndrome, or you're not feeling like, oh, I'm asking a dumb question, like nothing like that. Like you're in this space to really like just you know be full on curious, like let your curiosity roam, you know, ask all the questions, like nobody's judging you, like we're all of this together, we all have similar or shared experiences or come from similar backgrounds. Um, and we're all learning these really cool concepts, and you know, no matter like you know what stage you're at, maybe some stuff may be more advanced than others, but you know, we're all in the space to learn these things with absolutely no judgments and you know, going at your own pace. A lot of our programs, um, we do it in cohort stuff. So we really want to, you know, uh focus on community building as well. Because with young girls, that is a really big piece, like like you know, them feeling like they have like somebody in their corner, and them feeling like you know, they have this confidence now that you know they're more than capable of you know learning these things that you know society is deemed as like for the boys or for the white boys or something like that, you know what I mean? So, yeah, that's really what we define as that safe space in the convention.

Representation And Culturally Responsive Teaching

SPEAKER_01 19:21

You know, I I I love that you guys are intentional about making sure, ensuring that the space is truly safe for girls and especially girls of color. Um, which leads me to my my next question for you is how important is it for girls of color to see people who look like themselves in the tech field? Um, and how do you see the next generation of girls making an impact on the tech industry itself?

SPEAKER_02 19:52

Yeah, so I think it's really important, and there definitely have been studies that have been done that shows like when black students, black or brown students, um have teachers that you know reflect their experiences, um, they tend to, you know, just have that willingness to do better or to try a bit better and different things like that. Um, and so I think it's really important also for them to see that, like to actually see that representation. Um, you know, it could be one thing just like, okay, yeah, like they're telling me to do this, that but I ain't seen nobody do it, you know what I mean? Because it's just like this is somebody like right in front of your face, that's an engineer or you know, X, Y, and Z, and they're teaching you these things, it's showing you that one day, like, you know, that that could be you if you put your mind to it. Um, and that there's somebody that looks like you that's doing it. It's not impossible. Um, so that's really what what I think as well. And then this is the other part too. Um, and I have been, I do a lot of reading. Um, and this is something I've read about specific teachers that you know teach in environments that is um, you know, very, very diverse. They may not have the cultural tools to teach um in a culturally responsive way. And it's sometimes not their fault because just like, well, they don't live in those experiences, but then um they may or may not have the training or whatever to um you know how to know how to teach like um in a culture, culturally responsive way. Um, and so you know, when we try to carve out our curriculum or develop our curriculum for our programs, we really try to reflect that and make sure that you know our programs are also culturally responsive as well, because those are the students that we serve. And you know, um, we don't want to, you know, be tone deaf or you know, teach in a certain way that makes them not feel safe. Um because they may or may not get that in their school. So we don't want them to get that here.

Five‑Year Vision And Tech Pipelines

SPEAKER_01 22:15

Yeah, absolutely. So in a dream world for I would say girls, you know, girls' dream code, what do you what is your vision for the organization? You know, how do you see yourself or where do you see see the organization in like five years' time? And what is the impact that that Victoria would like girls' dream code to make in the tech? That is a great question.

SPEAKER_02 22:39

People ask me that all the time. And we actually just celebrate our five years. It's the good yeah, yeah, and so thank you. So, in another five years or another five to ten years, where I really speak Girls Beam Code going is serving even more girls of color in the twin cities and really honing in on the pipelines that we want to establish. Um, and it starts small, but you know, it starts from somewhere. Um, and so when I say pipelines, I really mean like from that interest to like the education and training to you know going to either like formal education, like technical college or a four-year college or a boot camp, and then having those partnerships with employers, especially in Minnesota, because the tech economy is growing in Minnesota. Um really create those pipelines so that like it's really like a you know um a full-on supportive pipeline where it's just like from that initial interest, because that's our mission. We want to pursue, we want them to pursue this interest in tech to bring that interest to the education training to the you know formal education, uh to pursue these degrees in computing and then jobs, and so that's kind of like the pipeline that we really want to hone in on and establish.

SPEAKER_01 24:17

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, how many girls have you served over the last five years? And how far has a girl gone or the girls have gone in?

SPEAKER_02 24:26

Yeah. We have served over 200 or so now. When we first started, so we started in the beginning of 2020, and then we had our first event, went really well, and then COVID happened. Definitely did not, that was not on my bingo card in 2020. And so we had to pivot to do online workshops. And so with that, we were able to obviously reach a lot more people because we are um we're doing virtual workshops, so it can, you know, girls from the all over the place, you know, will um register for our virtual workshops. Yeah. And then um around 2022, no, late 2021, when things were allowed to be like hybrid and things like that, we um started doing like hybrid programs and things like that, like in person. Um, and so now we really focus on um making a deep impact um in a smaller way because we want to focus on that community building. And so we do like cohorts each semester that we host a program, it's always in a cohort setting, and we keep the class sizes small, like about like 10 students maximum, just because that student-to-teacher ratio is actually really important. Um, when you're in a classroom with like 20 people, trying to learn concepts like computer science is not easy, and it doesn't help the instructor and teaching assistant either. Um, and so basically we really try to focus on you know smaller cohorts so that the girls can really get to know each other, so that the instructors and teaching assistants can really provide quality um education and help the students um with whatever you know pace that they're at. Um and so your other question was oh, how far is it gone girl? So um we've had a couple of our students, so our age range is from like middle school, high school, and then like that college age, young young women, young adult age. So it's like from 10 to 24. And so um we so we have different programs that cater to the different uh age groups, and so we've had um actually multiple of our um students that are that were in our college internship program do our programs and actually get internships at big tech companies, um, which is like really great. Like it shows like the pipeline, you know. And I actually got feedback from some of those students that um during their interviews, like all they talked about was what they did at Girls Rip Pro. And you know, like, and if they may or may not have had that experience, like you know, maybe they wouldn't have um had certain like talking points or different things or you know, answer certain questions and stuff. So it just really goes to show, like, oh wow, you know, like I think like oh I'm just doing something small, but like I never know, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 27:34

And so yeah, yeah, it's having a a lot a great impact. The impact is huge. So if the girl wants to join, how does she get in touch, you know, uh with Girl Dream Code?

SPEAKER_02 27:48

Yeah, so each program that we do, we will always post our flyers on our social media. Follow us at Girls Dream Code. Um, and so we always post it there as well as um on our website, we have like an email list that um students or parents or just community members can um subscribe to. So we always send it out to that email list as well. Um, and then we always have the like registration link on our website as well. But that's really how we do it. Um, you know, that's how girls can sign up. Like I said, our cohorts are small. So, you know, it's only a handful, but like first come, first serve. Well, um, a little bit of that, but also a little bit of just like so we um in our registration um or application, I should say, we do have a small section that really you know, um we want to know like you know why they want to join, mainly for the young, like the middle school and high school girls. Um there's usually like a paid training stipend attached to it too. You know, we gotta get these kids incentives, but like, but with that, um we can't excite everybody. So yeah, you know, and we really want to make it a quality program. So, you know, those that really want to, you know, um they're curious to learn or just like you know, want to learn more about tech or computer science or want to try something new or make friends, like you know, we we love that. So then we welcome that.

SPEAKER_01 29:22

And and of course you could expand if you had funding. So let's talk about let's encourage these folks to to donate.

Funding Needs And Sustainability

SPEAKER_02 29:35

How do they donate to girls being folks? Honestly, because we probably could do like the cohorts would still be small, like 10 girls max, but we could do multiple cohorts a semester. Um if we and then like you know, multiple instructors and teaching assistants, because I, you know, I definitely think they're very crucial. Um, and so yeah, I definitely think like with more funding, that and especially in these times right now.

SPEAKER_01 30:06

Oh, I know, girl.

SPEAKER_02 30:09

The more funding, you know, the more stable, you know, um our organization is as well, and the more, you know, we're able to increase our capacity um and serve more girls, you know, operate more cohorts and you know, have a capacity to, you know, um explore these different ideas and create new curriculum, new programs, as well as like, you know, form new partnerships, like I said with that pipeline. So yes, yeah, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_01 30:38

What saddens me is the lack of funding for girls and the further lack of funding for girls of color. So I'm exploring imploring our listeners if they want to donate, um, they can go to your website and hit donate.

Staying Motivated Through Student Wins

SPEAKER_02 30:55

There is a donate link on our website um in the menu as well as on the home page as well. Um we're a 51c3, so your donation is tax deductible. Um but yeah, honestly, like the support from you know corporate foundations or family foundations or private foundations, um sometimes it can be a little wishy-washy, especially when it comes to you know the development of youth of um black girls. It's just kind of sad. It is kind of sad to see. Um, I don't really like to compare myself at all. Um, it's hard not to, you know, especially with social media and things like that, but I'll see some different STEM organizations. I'm not gonna name any names, but like, you know, we'll see some different organizations. And um, of course, they've been around a lot longer than me. So, you know, I feel like I'm just like grocery clubs just coming into the game. So, you know, it could be that too for longevity, but I'll see kind of like, you know, what's going on with them, and you know, I'll see like you know the funding that they get. And I'm just thinking my mind, like, we're doing similar work and or like maybe just a little bit different in terms of just like the way we operate, but we're seeing the impact, we're seeing the testimonials from our students and how it's just different and unique, but we don't get noticed, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 32:28

We are doing we're doing so much with so little for the girl. Um, you know, you speak of not getting equal recognition as our counterparts, of course, A Thurby, same issue, right? Um, what I I stay motivated because I simply feel like I am I've I've been called to this, you know, I'm walking in my purpose, and I get that from our conversation as well, that you feel like you have to give back in this way because you did not have a roadmap to getting to where you wanted to go or where you ended up, right? But what is keeping you motivated and inspired to keep doing this?

SPEAKER_02 33:07

Yeah, I really think for me, I really enjoy the students that I meet. Um, you know, maybe some other founders or executive directors aren't as like hands-on. Um, but I like each cohort, like I'm in the classroom meeting the even if I'm not teaching, I started out teaching the workshops because you know you gotta do it all at the beginning, you know. Um but I still come to the workshops, like I just really enjoy being the students and making them feel comfortable. You know, and just like even if we're just you know striking up a conversation about um, you know, this one girl was talking about she like likes to break, like she braids her own hair, and we're just like just talking about just girl stuff or just random stuff. And I just really enjoy like the girls that I get to meet, and then you know, showing them or like you know, them exploring new things that maybe they didn't know about, um, and just seeing that confidence growth because each at each um at the end of each program we have like graduations um where they can kind of showcase um what they've learned and different things like that to their friends and family and their peers, and just like listening to what some of these students say and things like that, like I just really get joy out of that, and it you know motivates me really to keep going and as well, like still to this day, it's been nine years, almost ten years, of me being in this tech industry, and I can count how many females I've worked with like like on a software engineering team, um, as well as like how many female managers I've had, or you know, how many other black people or Latinans like I just it's just it's still a problem. Like, you know, we we still need that representation. So that part also keeps me going, you know. Yeah, absolutely when there has been women on my team, um, even if they were white women, I just felt like a sense of just like I'm more comfortable to approach them with a question because maybe like I won't feel that sense of just like, oh, I'm probably asking them a question. Or you know what I mean?

Gratitude, Mindful Moment, And Closing CTAs

SPEAKER_01 35:18

Like, yeah, maybe yeah. Well, I I I love the work that you're doing. Um, I love that we we serve the same girls, you know. We talked about this earlier. Um, the Cake Therapy Foundation serves girls of color in Minneapolis, Minnesota as well. Um, we do want to empower them through the kitchen. So I I I love what you do, and I want to thank you for creating this awesome program, Girls Dream Code. And I love the impact that you've made um over the last half decade. Um, your team's amazing. You guys are doing a great job. Um thank you so much for for giving me the gift of time today. To our listeners, I want to thank you for listening. Thank you for listening to Victoria. And if you wanna, if you if you're dreaming code, you know, hit up Girls Dream Code, hit up Victoria and her team. Um, and if you you you are interested in supporting STEM and girls in code, um, go ahead on um girls Dream Code's website and and hit that donate button. Um, your support is meaningful to them. But before you go, I want to share a mindful moment. Um, I encourage you first to take a deep breath. I want you to take a deep breath in and another one out. Now imagine a world where every girl, no matter her zip code, her skin tone, or her starting point, where she feels like she belongs in every room, especially in rooms filled with innovation, creativity, and code. Until next time, thank you for joining us on the Cake Therapy Podcast, your slice of joy and healing.

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