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OUR MISSION

To engage, educate and empower girls of African descent who desire to pursue careers in STEM fields to live life “like a girl” by building relationships, becoming global citizens and creating their futures through the benefits of self-awareness, culture, travel and global civic responsibility.

About Be Like a Girl

In July of 2020, co-founders Kamaria Ajamu and Nkoyo Ojuok created the non profit organization #BELikeAGirl specifically with the goal of engaging girls of African descent between the ages of 9 and 18 who demonstrate a desire to have careers in STEM fields.  Due to the under representation of Black women in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, #BELikeAGirl was developed with the goals of…

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We engage, educate and empower girls of African descent

who desire to pursue careers in STEM fields