We are committed to providing more girls from under-resourced districts sustained opportunities to expand their research, technology, and social justice knowledge. We believe that a culturally relevant curriculum facilitated by a mentor-teacher is important to accomplishing our primary focus—to level the technological playing field with more empowered, socially conscious girls committed to community development and sustainability. In a fun, nurturing, dynamic environment we encourage girls to think of technology as a tool they can manipulate and command. 

Executive Director

Dr. Kimberly A. Scott serves as COMPUGIRLS Executive Director. Kimberly earned her Ed.D. from Rutgers University and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University (ASU). Prior to coming to ASU in August 2006, Dr. Scott was associate professor in foundations, leadership and policy studies, in the School of Education and Allied Human Services, at Hofstra University. There she also founded, directed and co-directed TLC, a program for girls of color and their parents from Long Island, New York's high needs districts. For five years, she organized TLC's after school and summer sessions which provided mentoring, technology workshops, Girl Scout troop meetings, music lessons, and parent sessions to over forty participants. 

Program Coordinator
 

Iwa Andrews specializes in computer applications and software for Mac OS X. Iwa is responsible for teaching students the technical and visual aspects of various software to utilize during the classroom sessions. Her background is filming, post production, HTML, animation, LL scripting, audio editing, graphic design, photography and computer troubleshooting. She shares the basics of each of these areas with the students to enhance diverse skill sets towards the completion of their projects.  In addition to teaching visual design, she is also taking on the role as Program Coordinator for the Gila River Indian Community which includes many administrative duties to help the CompuGirls program run efficiently.

Specialist Senior

Ziva Lackoff is a Specialist Senior with COMPUGIRLS and State of Black Arizona grants under the School of Social Transformation in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Ziva monitors expenditures, maintains and manages payroll, organizes events for projects, monitors fiscal performance, interacts and maintains liaison with students, faculty, staff and outside/community agencies in facilitating program objectives, collaborates with off-site program coordinators to maintain integrity of the program, Develops, compiles and writes communications and promotional literature for distribution such as newsletters, brochures or flyers; coordinates process from development through printing and distribution. 

Graduate Student Assistant

Jieun Lee is a third year doctoral student in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Learning at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. She received her M.A. degree in the same program at Arizona State University in 2009. She has worked for the COMPUGIRLS project as a Data Manager since fall 2008. Her academic interest is studying how future time perspective and academic possible selves affect students’ self-concept, motivation, self-regulation, and academic performance. She is also interested broadly in how parenting, peer relationships, Socio Economic Status (SES), and ethnicity influence the development of self-concept, academic possible selves, and self-regulation toward improving academic outcomes.

Student Worker

Angela R. Hines M.Ed., MAC is a doctoral student of Curriculum Studies in the Curriculum and Instruction program at Arizona State University. She is a Summer 2011 Student. Worker and AERA Website Administrator for 2011-2012.

Graduate Student Interns
 

Danielle Kemp is an M.Ed. student in the Post-secondary and Higher Education program at ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.  She is the Summer 2011 CompuGirls Assistant Internship Coordinator.