Former WNBA player Niesha Butler has opened the first Afro-Latina-owned STEM camp, S.T.E.A.M. Champs, in New York City to reduce accessibility barriers to tech educational resources for Brooklyn youth.
In this July 26, 2022, file photo, Niesha Butler attends an event in New York., in New York City to reduce accessibility barriers to tech educational resources for Brooklyn youth.
"People sell basketball dreams every other second in our community. I thought it was really important to, let's sell these tech dreams," Butler said.Prior to opening her doors in Brooklyn, Butler partnered with organizations like Girl Scouts, BronxWorks and a local AAU basketball team to host STEM-focused workshops reaching over 300 New York City students. Monday was the first day of camp in the newly opened facility.
Black Girls CODE is one of those resources providing workshops and public speaking opportunities for Black girls. Program alumni Kimora Oliver and Azure Butler say that the program's first chapter in California's Bay Area created an environment that allowed local Black female students to envision themselves in the tech industry.
"49% of African American students who attend Kettering University now, are AIM graduates," Ricky D. Brown, the university's director of multicultural student initiatives and the AIM program, told ABC News.
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