Helping Girls Realize the Potential in STEM and Themselves

Design Connect Create - is a nonprofit focused on helping girls discover the potential in STEM and themselves. Our programs offer hands-on STEM camp experiences, the guidance of female role models who support them on their journeys toward emotional intelligence and after school engagement leading to positive development.

STEM Camps

Through hands-on experiences in physics, coding and biotech camps, girls learn how STEM impacts their daily lives while building the problem-solving skills, courage and resilience needed to serve them in any career.

What We Do

LeadHER Mentoring

Guided by female STEM professionals, girls are exposed to STEM careers and gain the confidence and motivation they need to succeed in STEM courses, as future leaders in STEM and in life.

Out-of-School Time

By working and playing together afterschool, girls learn important STEM concepts, develop critical thinking skills and build social and emotional skills that will help them design their own future.

Get Involved

  • Give

    Contribute to programs that help girls build skills in STEM and beyond.

    DONATE

  • Volunteer

    Share your time, personal stories and experiences in STEM.

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  • Sponsor

    Become a corporate or university sponsor to help us impact more girls.

    SEE HOW

  • Connect Students

    Introduce girls at your Texas school to STEM and change their trajectory.

    CONTACT US

The Latest News

Here’s what girls are saying

  • “My mentor taught me how to take risks to try new things. I ended up learning a lot about myself through the process."

    — Warisha, Richardson ISD

  • “The best thing was learning how STEM is required in everyday life and how we as females can rise up and improve the world with science, technology, engineering and math.”

    — Alison, Crandall ISD

  • “If I’m being honest when I first joined the camp, I was expecting it to be boring, but I actually had so much fun learning about physics.”

    — Valerie, Garland ISD

  • “The best things about camp were being able to solve with hands-on activities...being able to collaborate with peers and solve problems together made a great experience.”

    — Maricruz, Grand Prairie ISD

  • "My favorite thing about having a mentor was getting advice from someone who had been through the same experiences and is willing to help guide me academically and while making career choices."

    — Design Connect Create mentee

Many Thanks to Our
Lead Partners

Wanda and Richard Gass

Perot Foundation

Bill and Katie Weaver Charitable Trust

Gil and Dotie Weaver Foundation

James Avery

McKesson

Texas Instruments

Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation