About IGNITE

Did You Know . . .

• 45% of the US workforce are women, but they only hold 12% of science and engineering jobs,
• Only 20% of Information Technology professionals are women.

What We Do

• Our goal is transform every middle school, high school, and college in the United States and around the world into an IGNITE member school.
• IGNITE encourages high school girls to consider careers in technology.
• We do presentations at schools, field trips to local companies, job shadows, conferences, and many other events to connect high tech women mentors with young women.
• Provide students with information on scholarships, internships, and community resources to help them succeed in the fields of engineering and technology.

Who We Are

• We're a group of diverse women who have come together to volunteer for girls.
• We're: multimedia producers, system support analysts, network engineers, etc who care about empowering teenage girls to succeed in what has been predominately a man's field.

Our Websites

• ignite-us.org - The IGNITE Seattle Chapter.
• igniteworldwide.org - A place to buy your IGNITE toolkit and get your IGNITE chapter started.
• igniteworldwide.net - Home of our chapters and student resources.

Teens: Be Ignited!

• Profiles of Women in Technology
• Tips on Colleges: because education matters

Career Women: Ignite Us!

• Be a part of shaping the leaders of tomorrow through impacting teenagers today
• Share your own experience of what it is like to be a woman in a high-tech industry
• Start an IGNITE chapter in your own community. We'll help you start.
• Join us as  Professional Member.