Tech Trek
Tech Trek is a week-long Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-focused residential summer camp for girls entering 8th grade. The camp is hosted by AAUW-Florida and designed to develop interest and excitement about STEM fields as well as self-confidence in young women. The university campus experience provides girls a unique way to explore topics related to STEM careers. Hands- on instruction and field trips encourage maximum interaction and instruction in environments where STEM professionals work.
Since 2014, our branch has sent 93 girls to the Tech Trek camps which are focused on STEM. AAUW Lake/Sumter is the only organization in our area that offers this opportunity to middle school girls.
Watch the video to see Tech Trek for yourself...
This year, the two summer camps were held at Stetson University in Deland and Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter. Each camp accommodated 48 girls. Campers were nominated by teachers and AAUW branches throughout Florida. Due to branch fundraising events and donations from many individuals and local organizations, our branch funded 10 girls from Lake and Sumter counties at the 2026 summer camps. Learn about the experiences of the girls at our Tech Trek Recognition which will be held January 23, 2027
at Allamanda Recreation in The Villages.
For more information about Tech Trek, visit AAUW-Florida's Tech Trek or email our branch.
Tech Trek Testamonials
"Thank you so much for funding the 2024 Tech Trek. Without you I would not have been able to meet the amazing people that are like me. You have made this camp an amazing place I will remember forever" - 2024 camper Audra N.
"Exhilarating!" - 2023 camper, Catherine H.
"Tech Trek changed my life!" - 2023 camper, Claire H.
"My daughter Berlyn just finished her week of tech trek camp. She chose her classes and picked her core class as structural engineering, she also took other courses such as chemistry, coding, dna extraction, flip grid, nextEra energy, and search engine algorithms. She got to build a house out of spaghetti noodles and marshmallows, towers out of balsa wood that had to withstand at least ten pounds of rice being placed on top. She made a lava lamp, A solar powered windmill, and my personal favorite…a dna necklace…. My daughter Aspyn was also blessed to be able to attend this camp last summer and loved it. She chose her core class as marine biology and chose her extra classes chemistry, graphic design, computer animation, bullet journaling, and manatee preservation. I just wanted to send this message to thank you for sponsoring them. I can’t express enough how great this camp is. They do and learn so very much and I am so appreciative of them being honored with being able to both attend." - 2022 camper Berlyn W's mother
"Sending other girls to Tech Trek is crucial so they can have a learning experience that breaks them out of their shell..." - 2021 camper, Jayley L.
"I learned never to give up." - 2021 camper, Kila S.
"My core class...gave me a better idea of what I want to do later in life." - 2021 camper, Aspyn W.