Spring 2016 Challenge

at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester

PROGRAM INFO

In Spring 2016, Gique after-school program students participated in their first-ever #HackDorchester Challenge at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester. Each team was matched with a local mentor and provided with a budget to design and prototype a project idea which addressed a problem in their community in one of the following categories: Housing & Employment, Climate Change, Education, Citizenship, and Public Health.

The challenge culminated in final pitch presentations on Tuesday April 26th from 7:00-8:00 PM at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester McLaughlin Building (4th floor). This event will be free & open to the public. Food & refreshments will be served.

INTERESTED IN STARTING A GIQUE PROGRAM AT YOUR ORGANIZATION OR SCHOOL?

Email us at contact@gique.me.

Spring 2016 #HackDorchester Program Video

Thank you to the companies who volunteered to mentor our students at our Entrepreneurship Workshop at the Roxbury Innovation Center:

Nikita Virani - CEO of Wizdy
Melissa James - CEO of The Tech Connection
Valerie Basnight - CEO of LIR Productions
Jamila Smith - CEO of Beldwell
Mitch Gaynor - Customer Success Ninja at Dispatch
Mike Demarais - Founder at Handprint, Developer at Dispatch
Diana Vertus - CEO at Exquisite Design Concepts

PROGRAM MENTORS:

Katy Ma

Katy is originally from Philadelphia and is now a sophomore at Wellesley College, studying Media Arts & Sciences (a combination of computer science, art, and design). She loves photography, coding, designing mobile and web interfaces. Fun fact: Katy has a Pomeranian puppy named Maya!

Jesslyn Tannady

Jesslyn is originally from Jakarta, Indonesia and is currently double majoring in Computer Science and Media Arts & Science at Wellesley College. When she's not in class, you'll probably find her drawing, playing (and making) video games, tinkering with virtual reality, or 3D printing!