After tweeting that she wanted to start a game development summer camp for girls called Girls Make Games, Leila Shabir, the CEO and co-founder of educational games studio LearnDistrict, received an outpouring of support for the idea.
That was at the end of April. Backed by the support of parents and female game developers, Shabir started planning the camps and now she and LearnDistrict are set to host them in five cities, starting in San Francisco, for the next generation of female game developers.
The idea for the summer camps, which will start in mid June for girls aged 11-16, came to Shabir after she had trouble finding female hires for her games studio. Months spent searching for qualified female developers resulted in her questioning whether there were even any women interested in the gaming industry. Read more…
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Inaugural 'Girls Make Games' Summer Camps Fight Industry's Gender Gap
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