My Nonprofit Reviews

Awesome and life changing program, MAGIC needs ten stars! MAGIC has opened up amazing opportunities and helped me gain insight into the STEM field.

I found MAGIC through the internet, the selection process was highly personalized and as a result me and my mentor, Pi-Chuan Chang, worked very well together. She was a good listener, very supportive and was completely open to working on what ever project I wanted. Her teaching style was very heuristic, perfect as I like educational freedom and discovery. I leaned a lot about engineering, programming and math. The best part was being able to visit the campuses of Google, Facebook and LinkedIn. I spent the whole day in Mountain View meeting engineers from each of the companies.

As a girl who has participated in a lot of STEM outreach programs, MAGIC is by far my favorite. With the deep personalized of the program it was always engaging and all the women I met were very inspiring. The technical knowledge you gain in only the beginning. My mentor gave me lots of advice for college and introduced me to different engineering careers in tech.

I've always had a love for STEM, especially tech. But when I'd tell people I wanted to be a computer scientist my friends and even strangers would tell me, "Wow that's going to be hard, not a lot of women are in the field." or "Good Luck!" The media too does nothing but give this impression that as a girl your going to be an outsider, that you're an "other". After MAGIC, I've met so many women who completely dispel that myth . I've received nothing but support and encouragement from MAGIC and the women I've met. There might be a small number of women in tech but they stand in solidarity and strength.

I'd recommend MAGIC to any girl, you won't be disappointed.