About Us!
What Is TechBridge?
TechBridge is a youth-led organization founded by two high school students with a shared mission: to make STEM education accessible, inclusive, and empowering for underrepresented youth, especially students from low-income backgrounds, marginalized communities, and those with disabilities. Our programs span local and global communities, offering free tech camps, workshops, tutoring, and mentoring through partnerships with schools, libraries, NGOs, and community centers. We meet students where they are - geographically, educationally, and emotionally - using adaptive teaching methods, assistive technology, and personalized support. Led by passionate student volunteers with real-world STEM experience, we focus on hands-on learning in coding, robotics, and engineering while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and confidence. We also extend our impact to adult learners, helping them build digital literacy for the modern workforce.
At its core, TechBridge is more than a program, it is a movement to close the opportunity gap and empower every learner to shape their future through innovation.
Mission Statement: Bridging borders, Breaking barriers, Building futures! (The 3 big Bs!)
Founders: Kavita Yadav & Ashley Dequito
The Full Story
When Kavita Yadav, founder and a high school student passionate about technology and social impact, was volunteering at a community event, she met a young boy with ADHD who had recently arrived from a refugee camp. During a coding activity, he closed his Chromebook and said, “This is too hard. I don’t think someone like me is meant to do this.” That moment of defeat struck Kavita. It wasn’t that he lacked potential; it was that he’d never been given a real chance. She realized how many students from underserved backgrounds, including those with learning disabilities or living in unstable conditions, are silently shut out of STEM education. Determined to change that, Kavita invited Ashley Dequito, also a passionate high school student, and they launched TechBridge, an organization committed to making STEM engaging, inclusive, and accessible to every learner. What started as a tutoring effort quickly evolved. TechBridge partnered with local libraries and organizations like the Welcome Home refugee camp to offer hands-on STEM sessions in coding, engineering, science, and math. Their programs reached elementary, middle, and high school students, creating safe spaces where learners could explore, build, and believe in their potential. Together, the youth-led organization continues to break down barriers and bring opportunity to places often left behind by traditional systems.
