Girls on Teams

[phurley67]

Not sure of our count (we are a pretty large team and our numbers are somewhat fluid); however, the majority of members are male. That said our president, vice-president and programming lead (my daughter --> go Allie) this year are all girls. Last year our president and co-pilot were also girls. We have girls working in most if not all of our sub-groups.

[Celia]

Two years ago, we had a majority of female members (about 12 of 20). The past season, 11 of 25 were female, which is close enough to 50/50. However, more young women have assumed leadership roles on our team. The team captain (me), electrical lead, programming lead, business lead, and scouting lead were all female. This is five young women in leadership roles compared to two young men (CAD and build) on our team. In addition to this, our drive team this past season consisted of a female driver (also me) and operator (said programming lead) with a male human player.

I love how involved and driven our girls are, and I think it is encouraging for new members to see girls in respected positions, no matter the field. Our electrical lead was even mistaken for a mentor during inspection at competition this year by a mentor of a Hall of Fame team.