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The Array Foundation is a nonprofit that promotes computer science and engineering in Wyoming, and it s announced a new chapter of Girls Who Code in Cheyenne.
Girls Who Code is trying to close the gender gap in technology by supporting junior high and high school-aged girls who want to develop computer science skills.
Ana Monzon, a software developer at Systems Analyst, will lead the chapter. Girls Who Code clubs are meant for girls to join a sisterhood of supportive peers and role models, and use computer science to change the world, she said in a press release. The Girls Who Code clubs encourage middle and high school girls to impact their communities in a positive way through code.
CHEYENNE â The Wyoming Arts Council, with support from the Wyoming Governorâs Office through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, has distributed $2.4 million in grant funding to individual artists and to arts and cultural organizations in the state.
The Arts Council distributed 55 financial assistance grants to arts and cultural organizations in Wyoming and 199 grants to individual artists.
The purpose of the CARES Act funding is to support those in the arts and culture sector who have had significant revenue loss or had expenditures that are a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds were distributed as a one-time grant to those that met the eligibility criteria.