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Design Like A Girl Mentor Program Application Deadline is September 15, 2025.

The Design Like a Girl Mentor Program was founded in 2016 in Washington DC to introduce local middle school girls to architecture and related professions. Girls ages 11-14 are paired with female mentors from the architecture, construction, and engineering fields to learn first-hand about these exciting careers from professional women. By engaging more girls across the city it is the goal of the program to open doors that might eventually lead to greater gender equality in the architectural, and other STEM professions.

DLAG consists of four full-day workshops during the academic year. Each workshop has a theme and includes a field trip, a design project with drawing and model building and concludes with a presentation by each girl of her design. Two of the four workshop dates coincide with DCPS’s no school days on Fridays:

• Friday. October 10, 2025
• Saturday, November 8, 2025
• Friday, February 13, 2026
• Saturday, April 25, 2026

Spaces are limited to 12 participants.