The Team

Meet the Staff

Interested in making a difference in the lives of Black girls? Passionate about STEM and workforce equity? BGDSTEM may be the place for you. Join our group of incredible educators and mentors today.

Samantha Autry

Operations Coordinator

Samantha Autry is the operations coordinator at Black Girls Do STEM. She brings a wealth of experience in creating resource development strategies and evaluating organizational operations. Samantha joined BGDSTEM after beginning her nonprofit career at Coxe Curry & Associates, where she provided guidance for fundraising efforts across a wide range of sectors. She has also held an advisory role with local nonprofit organizations to evaluate and build systems to promote multi-division collaboration and increase efficiencies.

A resident of Atlanta, Samantha, earned a bachelor’s in city and regional planning from The Ohio State University and a master’s in public administration from Georgia State University.

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By creating a culturally unique learning space, we give room for cognitive and mental resilience lending to development of a STEM mindset and belief in their STEM capabilities while placing positive role models who look like them right in their path.

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