Members of Maria Regina High School’s acclaimed Girls Who Code (GWC) Club will get a rare, inside look into the workplace environment of one of the world’s leading data and financial intelligence (fintech) corporations and explore potential careers when they participate in the S&P Global Tech Tour, an exclusive interactive field visit, Friday, November 6.
Organized by Girls Who Code (GWC), the international organization founded in 2012 to close the gender gap in technology, the S&P Global Tech Tour will be held at the company’s headquarters in the heart of New York City’s financial district. It will provide Maria Regina’s contingent of seven coders with the opportunity to learn about S&P Global; participate in interactive games and breakout sessions;, hear, learn and connect with S&P Global professionals and members of the GWC community and gain insights into the career paths of tech executives, software engineers, data scientists, among others.
Maria Regina will be represented by senior Yeji Jeon, White Plains; juniors Isabella Bendick, New Rochelle; Meghan Cousins-Abell, Yonkers; Isabella Gonzalez, Bronx;
Isabella Mazzuca, Yonkers and Angelina Nguyen, Yonkers and sophomore Hae Kin Kuhn, Port Chester. They will be joined by Shelagh Amann, computer science instructor and moderator of Maria Regina’s Club.”
Established less than two years ago, Maria Regina’s GWC Club made headlines in April 2025 when it won first place in the Beginner Category in the highly competitive Ardsley Hacks, Ardsley High School’s day-long Hackathon. Maria Regina’s young coders named their team, “Tigers Who Code.”
It was the Club’s first major competition, a “resounding achievement,“ declared science instructor Ms. Amann, adding “For the first time, our participants stepped into the world of hackathons—facing challenges head-on, working as a team, and proving that perseverance and dedication lead to success.”
The renowned all-females Catholic high school established the Girls Who Code (GWC) Club as part of “our continuing commitment to inspire and empower young women with the technological skills they need to be globally competitive in their post-secondary pursuits,” noted Principal Maria Carozza-McCaffrey (Class of ’99).
Visit https://www.mariaregina.org, to learn more.