Code2College
Code2College is the preeminent national organization providing free, after-school coding education, professional development and mentorship to thousands of historically underestimated high school students towards placement into paid, technical summer internships, as well as college and career excellence.
Short of family or friends occupying a STEM role or attending a well-resourced school, students often lack equitable access and opportunities within STEM. These inequities are amplified for high school students who identify as Black, Latino and girls. Code2College has developed a scalable, sustainable program model that has positively impacted over 3,000 high school students nationally in just six years. Our vision is to build a national network of homegrown, technical talent where companies contribute talent and resources to historically underestimated high school students toward building up a diverse, local technical talent network.
The Code2College program model is composed of three pillars that address the factors that lead to STEM attrition - education, exposure, and experience: (1) Education - after-school coding education twice-weekly over ten weeks in small, virtual classes where students develop several technical projects with support from their instructors and our staff; (2) Exposure - students create professional assets like resumes, as well as refine interview skills during monthly workshops. Students also participate in monthly STEM case competitions to build their fluency and familiarity with STEM industries like Cybersecurity and Private Equity; and (3) Experience - eligible students are invited to interview with partners like Atlassian, Indeed and American Express for paid, technical high school summer internships.
All students, irrespective of internship placement, gain access to a tremendous professional network and exposure to lucrative, technical companies and industries, as well as build marketable technical portfolios. Over 85% of Code2College program alumni matriculate to a college degree, more than half of have participated in paid, summer high school internships and the overall earnings of our Code2College high school interns are 2 - 3x higher each Summer than their high school peers.
Leaders & Partners
Impact
For years, I’ve admired the category-defining, life-changing and ecosystem-building work that Code2College has delivered. The innovative program model and unique way in which the organization serves as a conduit between skilled volunteers and under-resourced communities and students is fantastic. I’m particularly excited about the impactful initiatives like Code2College Vision 2024 that prioritize Black and Latina girls in STEM. I’m proud that IBM is invested in and partnered with Code2College and its continued scale and impact.
Current Metrics
During Summer 2022, Code2College High School interns collectively earned over $900,000
82% have received a return offer for Summer 2023
77% of hiring managers rated their interns as performing “at” or “above” the level of the average undergraduate intern
Impact
For years, I’ve admired the category-defining, life-changing and ecosystem-building work that Code2College has delivered. The innovative program model and unique way in which the organization serves as a conduit between skilled volunteers and under-resourced communities and students is fantastic. I’m particularly excited about the impactful initiatives like Code2College Vision 2024 that prioritize Black and Latina girls in STEM. I’m proud that IBM is invested in and partnered with Code2College and its continued scale and impact.
Current Metrics
During Summer 2022, Code2College High School interns collectively earned over $900,000
82% have received a return offer for Summer 2023
77% of hiring managers rated their interns as performing “at” or “above” the level of the average undergraduate intern
Goals
Demographic
We serve high school students with a focus on those who identify as Black, Latino, low to moderate income, First-Generation and/or girls in all of Miami-Dade county.
Funding Goal
Seeking $100,000 to serve 200 students and place at least 40 students into paid summer internships
Impact Goal
we aim to support 2,500 Miami-Dade high school students in their development of marketable technical and professional skills, support their STEM undergraduate and career pursuits and place at least 250 participants into paid, technical high school summer internships.
