TechGirls is a U.S.-based summer exchange program designed to empower and support young women (ages 15-17) from the United States and select countries around the world to pursue higher education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields through hands-on skills development training. TechGirls also experience culture in the United States during the program through home hospitality and community immersion experiences.

If you live in Austin, TX; Kansas City, MO; Denver, CO; Seattle, WA; Detroit, MI; or Cincinnati, OH and are interested in cultivating a strong cross-cultural experience, please consider opening your home to our TechGirls! U.S. families have an impactful role in the overall experience of international guests. Through time spent with U.S. families, TechGirls grow to understand U.S. cultural values and diverse ways of life.

If you live in one of the eligible cities and would like to host, please contact the relevant partner organization:

• Brave Austin: https://bravecommunities.org/
• Global Ties Kansas City: https://www.globaltieskc.org/
• World Denver: https://worlddenver.org/
• World Affairs Council Seattle: https://www.world-affairs.org/
• Global Ties Detroit: https://www.globaltiesdetroit.org/
• World Affairs Council Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky: https://globalcincinnati.org/

TechGirls is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs.