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Pinellas Students Earn STEM Skills At AT&T HACEMOS High-Tech Day
More than 30 students from Boca Ciega High School participated in STEM activities with AT&T professionals at the annual event.
GULFPORT, FL -- Boca Ciega High School students experimented with coding, learned about app development and immersed themselves in virtual reality today in Tampa. HACEMOS, AT&T’s Hispanic employee resource group, introduced the Pinellas students to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) lessons during its 20th annual High Technology Day.
The Boca Ciega students were among more than 2,500 middle and high school students participating in 35 High Technology Day events taking place today across the U.S. and Mexico. The events exposed Boca Ciega students to education and career opportunities in STEM, sparked discussion with AT&T professionals and provided mentorship opportunities.
This year’s theme is “SOMOS Tecnología,” or, “We Are Technology.” It centers around increasing Latino representation in STEM and getting students involved in the industry early on.
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The STEM field suffers from a lack of diverse representation. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an estimated 9 million STEM-related jobs will go unfilled by the year 2022. A lack of knowledgeable professionals in these roles will have far-reaching effects. But getting more Latinos and other underrepresented groups into STEM education and careers now can help ensure more of these jobs are filled.
HACEMOS is committed to providing Latino youth access, training and exposure to the latest in tech so that they are prepared to enter the STEM field. Through events like HACEMOS High Technology Day, they’re able to do just that.
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While High Technology Day is one of the biggest initiatives HACEMOS hosts, it’s not their only one. In 2017, the ERG worked with AT&T’s Diversity & Inclusion team and the Latina STEM advocacy group TECHNOLOchicas to gather more than 150 Latina high school students in Dallas and Los Angeles for a day of STEM workshops. Students learned and applied industry skills to code, create emojis, and more.
HACEMOS is committed to providing Latino youth access, training and exposure to the latest in tech so that they are prepared to enter the STEM field. Through events like HACEMOS High Technology Day, they’re able to do just that.
To learn more about AT&T’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, go to about.att.com/sites/diversity.