[ChrisH]

In the Los Angeles area we have five all-girl teams. Archer (362), Louisville (1070), Ramona Convent, Marymount (974), and returning this year after a several year break, Immaculate Heart (not sure if they will get old number or not).

Last year I only saw female mentors around Archer's pit but I'm not sure about the whole situation. They had a new leader last year and we haven't talked much. They had male mentors in the past but I did not see them last year.

Louisville's team leader is male and Marymount has at least one male mentor.

I don't think I've ever seen male mentors with Ramona Convent and they have been around for several years.

Immaculate Heart will have at least one male mentor.

So there are two teams from the LA area that might be all-female. However my observations are only what I have seen at competitions so there might be behind the scenes help I am not aware of.

The Space Cookies ( a girl scout team ) from the San Jose area have at least one female mentor. They were at the Championship last year and I don't remember any guys in their pit, at least not as mentors.

Here's a story for girls that think that robotics is "too nerdy". When I was in high school we had electives for PE. One of them was folk dancing and I was the only guy that signed up for it. I took a lot of ribbing until somebody figured out that I was the only guy in a room of 40 girls and that I had to put my arm around them on a regular basis. Then they decided maybe I was smarter than I looked. It works both ways...just saying