More Than 30 Students Attend Women of AT&T Girls In Future Technologies Workshop

ST. THOMAS -- Coding. Aerodynamics. Astronomy. STEM careers. These were some of the topics young girls from 8 U.S. Virgin Islands schools learned about during a Girls In Future Technologies (GIFT) Workshop hosted by the U.S.V.I. & Puerto Rico chapter of Women of AT&T (WOA) at the University of the Virgin Islands. WOA is an AT&T employee resource group focused on professional development and community efforts to prepare students, especially young girls, for the future. According to a release AT&T issued Thursday, students from Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School, Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, Antilles School, Virgin Islands Montessori School & Peter Gruber International Academy, All Saints Cathedral School, New Testament School, Joseph Sibilly School, Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School, and St. Thomas and St. John Girl Scouts attended the 4-hour workshop. Staff from the university’s IT, Science and Astronomy departments, the Virgin Islands Children’s Museum and the Virgin Islands Ne...