Spotlight Blog
Spotlight: SMARTgirls featuring some brilliant women from HTHH
Excitement for STEM can spark anywhere, at any time; most often it’s the school classroom where girls are first introduced- and summer break is no exception! On a sunny Friday in June, High Tech High Heels members helped bring the classroom to life...
Spotlight: HTHH supports all-girls team at World FIRST Robotics competition
High Tech High Heels had the exciting opportunity to sponsor the Hockabots from The Hockaday School at the World FIRST Robotics competition in Houston, held April 18-21, 2018. The team had the opportunity to compete at the World level after...
Spotlight: Persistence Development Foundation inspiring girls with CodeSLAM
This month’s spotlight highlights one of our recent grant recipients, Persistence Development Foundation. Persistence Development Foundation focuses on “improving lives of individuals in underserved communities (geographic and/or economic) in the...
Spotlight: Laura Steffek, making a difference in STEM
As March celebrates International Women’s Day as well as Women’s History Month, we want to spotlight a woman who is making a difference! We sat down with Laura Steffek, a High-Tech High Heels member and director of new product development for Texas...
Happy New Year – the reason for the resolution
The reason for the resolution: Each year at High-Tech High Heels (HTHH) we resolve ourselves to continue to make the most meaningful impact possible. To expand our reach in the community by investing in programs that uplift female students in STEM;...
Gearing up for Friendraiser – thanks to our sponsors!
Hope you can join us on Thursday! Thanks to our sponsors for supporting this event.
Spotlight: Janavi, DCC alumna
We sit down with Janavi, a former Design Connect Create camper and TA and junior at Townview Magnet school, to chat about her experience at the camp. HTHH: How did you find out about Design Connect Create? Jana: When I was 7 and most years after...
Announcing our 2017 Winter Grant Recipients!
We are excited to announce and congratulate to our winter grant recipients! Congratulations to the following programs: Design Connect Create! Our partner for delivering summer AP physics camps for girls will offer six camp sessions in 2016 in...
TAMU STEM camp for girls
High-Tech High Heels is proud to support Texas A&M's AggieSTEM program in launching their first all-girls camp aimed at students in grades 7-12. AggieSTEM is a partnership between Texas A&M and Dallas ISD geared towards aiding STEM...
Holiday shopping with High-Tech High Heels!
Click here to support High-Tech High Heels when you shop with Amazon for holiday gifts, decorations and more this season. Amazon will donate 0.5% of every eligible purchase to HTHH, and every donation to us supports programs that level the playing...
Spotlight: Niki, DCC Alumna
Niki is a Design Connect Create! physics camp alumna (2015), just starting her senior year at Allen High School. She joined us over coffee to share her career ambitions and the impact that DCC has had on her path. HTHH: When did you attend DCC and...
Tech Titans Community Hero!
We are thrilled to announce that High-Tech High Heels Co-President Heidi Means has been awarded the Community Hero award at last week's Tech Titans Awards Gala. The prestigious annual event, first held in 2001, recognizes companies and individuals...