Best Buy Fiscal Year 2022 ESG Report | 78 Creating a space for young women to explore STEM. When Olivia Farley became coordinator of the Best Buy Teen Tech Center at Keystone Community Services, she noticed something was missing: girls. The center, located in St. Paul, Minnesota, opened in 2017 as a place where teens can explore their interests in all things tech, from coding and graphic design to filmmaking and everything in between. Giving youth — especially girls — access to tech education opportunities is important to Best Buy. We’re committed to closing the gender gap and helping train girls for the careers of the future. Women make up 29% of all science and engineering occupations, with women of color making up a mere 13%, according to a report by the National Science Foundation. Olivia could see these numbers reflected in the makeup of her own center, which was primarily attended by young men. So, she had an idea to create a program — and a space — for young women. She calls it the Girls Coding Camp. “There are high school-aged girls out there and plenty who want to be involved in tech, so we’re trying to reach more of them and create a more comfortable environment for them to learn,” she said. Participants in the all-female program learned a coding language called JavaScript from two Best Buy employee volunteers who signed up as mentors. JavaScript can be used to develop games, build apps and even program robots. Best Buy Teen Tech Centers .