Between September 14 and 18 2022, Leiden European City of Science 2022 was filled with Bright Young Minds. Among them, a 104 participants to the EU TalentOn and me as one of them. United in teams, we were challenged to come up with the best scientific solutions to societal challenges, such as, Climate change, Cancer, Restoring waters, Smart cities, and Healthy soils. All the while expanding knowledge and connecting to industry and institute partners.

Women in AI (WAI) is a global nonprofit do-tank on a mission to increase female representation and participation in AI. They do that by organizing educational events and programs, working with both corporate and startup ecosystems to build an unbiased and fair future.

WiMLDS’s mission is to support and promote women and gender minorities who are practicing, studying or are interested in the fields of machine learning and data science. We create opportunities for members to engage in technical and professional conversations in a positive, supportive environment by hosting talks by women and gender minority individuals working in data science or machine learning, technical workshops, networking events and hackathons. We are inclusive to anyone who supports our cause regardless of gender identity or technical background. However, in support of our mission, priority for certain events and opportunities will be given to women and gender minority members.

The CoderDojo Foundation has vision - every child worldwide should have the opportunity to learn code and to be creative with technology in a safe amd social environment.

Girls Code Fun is a foundation whose aim is to encourage more school aged girls in Poland to pursue an education and/or career in technology. Our goal is to show girls that programming and technology is something for them. We offer programming courses for children ages 5-19 and one-time programming workshops for both children and adults!

Perspektywy Education Foundation (Fundacja Edukacyjna “Perspektywy”- in Polish) is an independent, non-profit national organization established June 1st, 1998 to promote and support education. I take part in IT for She project, which is a volunteering program which will send active young women studying IT to small towns in summer, to teach programming and tech knowledge at schools.

PROJECTOR Student Volunteering is a program implemented by the Educational Enterprise Foundation. The aim of the Program is to activate and counteract the exclusion of children and young people from small towns and villages all over Poland by developing their passions and interests, discovering talents and potential hidden in both students and project participants.