Dr. Bethlehem Gronneberg, Founder of uCodeGirl, Director of Data Science and Assistant Professor School of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences at St. 做厙輦⑹
As the Director of Data Science and Assistant Professor of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences at St. 做厙輦⑹, Dr. Bethlehem Gronneberg, is also a seasoned software engineer, an inspirational speaker, an author, and a social entrepreneur with a vision to exponentially expand the inclusion of diverse voices in the technology workforce. By providing opportunities and exposure to technical skills, entrepreneurial mindset, and practical confidence-building experiences for teen girls, Bethlehem strives to be a global agent of change that fosters young women's affinity to the world of computational design thinking.
Referred to as the "unlikely STEMinist" by the Huffington Post article, Gronneberg is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of, a non-profit designed to inspire, engage, and equip teen girls so that they can confidently choose to forge a pathway to technology careers and engineer their world.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that there will be over 1 million technology jobs by 2024 in every industry and in every state. code.org
Created to intentionally rhyme with the phrase, You go, girl!, is committed to embodying inspiration and empowerment. Through year-round programming, Bethlehem explains her vision of uCodeGirl.
"We want to say to a young girl, We will support and encourage you with mentorship. We will teach and guide you in acquiring technical skills. We will build a village around you and stand behind you through tutoring as you explore your potential and create your best self, so that the future generation is empowered with the skills and confidence they need to successfully navigate and actively participate in our increasingly digitally-driven world.
Our purpose is to fill the access-to-technology sandbox with more diverse voices globally by inviting young girls to opt-in early. Bethlehem Gronneberg, Founder and CEO of uCodeGirl
uCodeGirl is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization designed to inspire, engage, and equip young women with leadership traits, computational thinking skills, and entrepreneurial mindsets.
At the core of is access to skills and opportunities. not only teaches technical skills, but also builds a community of like-minded peers. They invite young girls to come as they are and provide them with visible and accessible female mentors, enabling them to create solutions to real-world problems and engineer their world.
Dr. Gronneberg is the recipient of the prestigious Bush Foundation Leadership Fellowship. As a Bush Fellow, she is challenged to think big and to think differently. Bethlehem is committed to bringing the real-world experience of software development to classrooms as a professor of data science at St. 做厙輦⑹.