Girlcon Chapter Texas

Pilar Peña

Pilar is a student at United High School this May and will be attending Laredo College with a scholarship and transferring to UTSA to study Cybersecurity. Pilar started getting involved in helping girls in STEM during her freshman year of high school. Her passion to start getting involved and bringing this program to Laredo was the lack of opportunities for girls to be geared in knowing STEM careers. The goal of this program is to advocate and encourage girls in opening their minds to STEM careers. She thinks that if she can demonstrate that she can do it, any girl can do it.

GirlCon is a student-led tech conference aiming to bridge this gender gap by bringing diversity and representation to the industry. This event will be the first-ever chapter conference in Laredo, Texas.