The Provo Girls Summit, an event that links young girls to a wide range of female professionals, was held at Provo City Library on Oct. 10.
The sixth annual Provo Girls Summit involved around 300 girls aged 8-12 and over 40 female professionals with whom the girls got to mingle. The event started with introductions from each professional, and then the girls were given a chance to explore the booths of each professional. The female professionals came from fields ranging from art to engineering, business, medicine and more.
Tanei Atagi Henry created this event when her daughter was 8 years old. Henry explained that the event targets young girls 8-12 year olds because they are starting to take these classes in seventh and eighth grade. Henry also explained that, along with seeing her daughters making these decisions, she was also a high school English teacher and saw girls trying to decide on what college to go to and the field they wanted to study every year…