We believe in
#WomenInStem
compileHer is a student organization founded at the University of Chicago that aims to engage young
girls from all across the city of Chicago through computer science education, adopting an approach
to our programming that is necessarily intersectional in nature. The importance of technical
literacy to social mobility in our society cannot be overstated. However, the potential for
technology to serve as an equalizing force is unfortunately limited by barriers to educational
opportunity along racial, socioeconomic, and gender lines. We are strongly committed to the
principles of inclusivity and accessibility, as we seek to organize opportunities at no cost to our
students and prioritize outreach to historically under-resourced schools. Broadly, our
organizational objective is to break down those barriers: we are committed to closing the gender gap
in the tech world by providing free, high-quality computer science education to young women.