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Girls Meet Tech

One day. Real technology, real women who build it, and an open mic for what you think about AI and what comes next.

When
Sat, Nov 21, 2026
Time
9 AM to 3 PM
Where
Kiewit Luminarium
Cost
Free
AI ROBOTS CODE GAMES VR
SATNOV 21
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Registration is OPEN · 50 spots, grades 3 to 11

Save your girl a seat.

🎫 We're at the Kiewit Luminarium, 345 Riverfront Drive, right on Omaha's riverfront. And here's the flex: being registered means museum admission for her and her grown-up is included all day.

Her first and last name
Her grade this year
Her free t-shirt size
Parent or guardian name
Best way to reach you (email or phone)

One registration per girl. Registering sisters or friends? Your info stays filled in, just add the next name.

Prefer some company while you sign up? Register with Roxie, our virtual emcee · same list, more sparkle.

Questions? contact@yougogirlomaha.com

Already registered? Check that her spot is saved

43 girls are officially in. First names only, on purpose. If you spot your girl and her grown-up below, her seat is held and we can’t wait to see you. List updated October 9; if you registered after that, give us a day or two to appear. Don’t see your names? Email contact@yougogirlomaha.com and a real human will sort it fast.

Abigail · with JeannaAdalise · with DeserayAlaina · with AngelicaAmhra · with AngelicaAmora · with LovelyApphia · with Sara & RichardAthena · with BriAutumn · with NigierAvianna · with AdrienneAyahni · with AlysiaAzul · with HilaryBlake · with EbonyBrielle · with DominiqueCai’Ree · with MarshailaCarah · with MarshailaCassidy · with AngelaCharlotte · with BethanyClara · with SheriCorina · with MarshailaDanica · with DeidraEmma · with SamjhanaGenesis · with SaraGia · with AnnaJe’Anna · with LatisiaJiya · with AnthonyJohanna · with LindsayJourney · with AnthonyJulea · with LarisaKali · with Melissa & AllieKamiyah · with BeionkaKaya · with MiloKny’rii · with QueendolynLauryn · with ShalondaMcKinley · with AmberMJ · with SaraMonti · with DominiqueNyla · with LizNyla · with SamanthaRachel · with DeeRaiel · with LaterraScarlett · with BethanySomaya · with La TashaTiana · with Jill & Teo

What's happening that day

Get your hands on the tech

Coding, robotics, AI tools, and builds you can actually touch and try, run by real tech teams.

Meet the women doing it

STEM leaders share how they got there and what they wish someone had told them at your age.

Say your piece

An open forum on tech and AI where the girls do the talking, in their own words.

See what's next for You Go Girl

A first look at where we're headed, and how Omaha can help build it.

Rachel Fox
Project Lead

Rachel Fox

Founder, You Go Girl · Google Data Center Community AI Fellow

The heart and engine behind You Go Girl, and the one steering this whole day. Rachel is building Girls Meet Tech the way she builds everything: with community, honest numbers, and a stubborn belief that Omaha girls deserve a real seat at the tech table.

LaShonna Dorsey
Meet our Principal Advisor

LaShonna Dorsey

Vice President, Aksarben Foundation

Co-founder of Interface Web School, leader of the Nebraska Tech Collaborative, North Omaha native, and a longtime champion of getting real people into real tech careers. She makes sure we do this thing right, and she tells us the absolute truth.

Krystal Fox
Logistics Coordinator

Krystal Fox

Operations Manager, Omaha Community Foundation

Founder of the Youth Civic Engagement Academy and the reason this day will feel effortless. Krystal builds systems that quietly hold big things up, and she believes young voices belong in every room where the future gets decided. Every table, timeline, and moving piece answers to her.

Marshaila Carter
Chief Comfort Officer

Marshaila Carter

Owner, Rerooted Wellness Spa · Licensed Esthetician

Our people person. Marshaila's whole heart is helping women feel beautiful again, and on November 21 she's the reason every speaker walks in feeling like family and every guest feels expected. If comfort is a craft, she's a master of it.

Faith Buffington
Volunteer Coordinator

Faith Buffington

Life Coach · Omaha mom of three

Our gatherer. Faith turns good ideas into action and strangers into a crew, with a small business background, a Life Coach's ear, and a maker's hands. Baking, karaoke, creative projects: that bring-people-together energy now runs our volunteer team. Raise your hand and she'll find your spot.

Steph Kidd
Technology Discovery Director

Steph Kidd, PhD

Communications strategist · Entrepreneurship educator

Our professional troublemaker, and we mean that as the highest compliment. Steph packs a lot of purpose into a very small package: strategist, educator, ecosystem builder, and the person making sure the coolest tech in Omaha lands in our girls' hands. Got gadgets worth sharing? She's your first call.

Sponsor the day

Every level funds something real.

No mystery buckets. Pick the piece of the day you want your name on. You Go Girl is a 501(c)(3), so it's tax-deductible too.

John Veal Jr. and Family
Sponsor Spotlight · Lunch is covered

John Veal Jr. & Family

Official Lunch Sponsor

Every girl, leader, and volunteer eats free on event day because this generous family said so. When we say it takes a village, this is what the village looks like. Thank you for feeding the future.

Sponsor Spotlight · Breakfast is covered

Stevens Capital Partners

Official Breakfast Sponsor

The day starts with full plates for every girl, leader, and volunteer, courtesy of an Omaha firm that believes fuel comes first. Thank you for feeding the future from the very first bite.

Sponsor Spotlight · The shirts found their first sponsor

RefHer

T-Shirt Sponsor · Tech Station Partner

RefHer is putting their name behind the official Girls Meet Tech shirt AND bringing a hands-on tech station to the day. That is a double yes for the girls, and we are so grateful. Thank you for showing up twice.

Sponsor Spotlight · A robot is coming

Creighton University

Tech Station Partner

Creighton University is bringing a robot and 3D printing to the day, with their own team running the station. That is real campus energy in the room, and 50 girls are about to see it up close. Thank you for showing them what is possible.

$2,500
One available
Presenting Sponsor

Top billing on everything, a welcome moment at opening, and first right of return next year.

✓
Covered
Lunch Sponsor · COVERED

Lunch for every girl, leader, and volunteer is generously covered by John Veal Jr. & Family. Thank you!

$500
1 available
T-Shirt Sponsor

RefHer claimed the first spot. One partner joins them with a logo on the back of every shirt in the room, in every photo, for years.

✓
Covered
Breakfast Sponsor · COVERED

Breakfast for every girl, leader, and volunteer is generously covered by Stevens Capital Partners. Thank you!

$200
2 available
Snack Sponsor

Afternoon fuel to carry the room through stations and the open forum.

$100+
Unlimited
The Village

Individuals and small businesses who just want in. Every name gets thanked.

Prefer to give stuff instead of dollars? Tech stations, swag, video, and printing are welcome in-kind. Spots are first come, first served.

Grown-ups, this part is for you

Help us make the magic.

It takes a village to put real tech in girls' hands for a day. We need volunteers on the ground, food and T-shirt sponsors, swag, tech teams with cool stuff to share, and one really good video person. Want in? Email us and a real human will write you right back.

Email us · contact@yougogirlomaha.com
Volunteers Food sponsors T-shirt sponsor Swag Tech stations Video

Girls Meet Tech is a Basecamp of The Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship. Powered by Watson Institute and in partnership with Google, the Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship equips community leaders who are leveraging AI and technology with the skills, resources, and connections they need to achieve economic mobility across their Data Center Communities. Learn more at datacenters.google.

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