Young Women’s STEAM Academy joins Young Women’s Preparatory Network

Young Women’s STEAM Academy, Dallas ISD’s first all-girls legacy school, began the 2024-2025 school year with an inaugural freshman class as part of its expansion – and the Young Women’s Preparatory Network’s newest members.

In support of YWSA’s integration to the network, Texas Instruments Foundation donated a $2 million grant in an effort to shrink the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math confidence gap.

Last year, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School joined the network and Catarina D., the senior class president, shared how she’s been empowered in her academic journey. Through the partnership with YWPN, she had the opportunity to study abroad in Morocco and was given half tuition and scholarship opportunities.

“The most important thing I've had are opportunities. I never would have thought that would be possible, but because of YWPN I was able to get those things,” she said. “Something that really stuck out to me was knowledge is power, and because knowledge is power, I have learned so much from everybody. I've learned to grow as a leader, as a student, as a daughter. So, please, take all the opportunities while you can because there’s none like it.”