From Student to Mentor: My Journey with Technovation Girls

A reflection on mentorship, girls in tech, and growing through the journey. At the beginning of this year, I said yes to something I didn’t fully realize would shape me too. I stepped into a role I hadn’t quite imagined for myself yet: mentor. Not just someone learning in tech and building projects, but someone trusted to guide a team of young girls through their own innovation journey. That role came through Technovation Girls, and over the past few months, it has quietly become one of the most meaningful parts of my year. When I joined, I thought I would mostly be helping the team think through ideas and shape a project. What I didn’t expect was how much the experience would shape me too. Somewhere between team meetings, brainstorming sessions, and trying to turn an idea into something real, this journey became about much more than mentorship. It became about leadership, patience, collaboration, and the kind of impact technology can have when girls are given the space to imagine and