Girlstart is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and serves thousands of girls and community members each year through our proven After School, Summer Camp, and Community STEM programming. We reflect our hometown’s reputation as a city known for tech, innovation, and a welcoming, friendly spirit. We also serve girls year-round in Houston, North Texas, San Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley, Greater Boston (MA), and the South Bay (CA), as well as offer Summer Camps annually in Bellevue, Washington; St. Louis, Missouri; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Our growth to new cities was the result of careful planning to ensure programming could not only be implemented, but also could be done so with fidelity to the program model and with long-term sustainability in mind. Our first After School expansion site was at Connally Elementary, just north of Waco, TX, in 2012 and we are still active at Connally today! Girlstart built upon the knowledge and systems developed first in Austin, and then for replication in Texas, to continue to refine our replication process, programs, and operations. Our national summer camps have been in place in the Bay Area since 2011 and Boston since 2017. Our year-round programming in those communities followed in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Girlstart intentionally seeks improvement and to smartly grow our presence and impact in our existing and new communities. We continue to refine our goals and strategies, comprehending lessons learned and aspirations for further growth.