Black Girls STEAMing through Dance (BSGD) offers a Dance Design & Code program that engages students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math-related activities. We combine Coding, Design, and Dance to motivate the youth in the West Philadelphia Community to explore STEAM skills and connect with their bodies. Through Dance, Design, and Coding activities, the girls experience STEAM in a culturally responsive environment that encourages them to cultivate their STEAM identities.

 BDSG is a transdisciplinary after-school and co-curricular program for 7–12-year-old Black girls in (the West Philadelphia Promise Zone) that engages Black Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math-related activities. BGSD was founded by four Black women faculty and is supported by Black women graduate and undergraduate students with the intention to merge our disciplinary expertise in urban education, dance, product/industrial design, and computing to discover new knowledge about Black girls’ STEAM learning and self-concept formation. This program centers black girls but it is open for all races and gender identities to join.