Empowering young girls & women
STEMly Bold is led by a Black woman technologist with over 30 years of experience designing, building, and automating real-world systems now pouring that expertise back into communities while helping organizations, brands, and founders build smarter, scalable digital solutions.
Building Pathways for Women of Color in STEM​
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Shalewa Nyanza is a STEM professional with over 30 years of hands-on experience in coding, system analysis, development, and automation engineering. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with a minor in Physics and has spent her career building systems that work not just concepts that sound good.
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Through STEMly Bold, she now consults, builds, and speaks helping businesses, organizations, and communities leverage technology, automation, and AI while intentionally developing the next generation of Black women in STEM.
Mentorship
Guided by industry leaders
Innovation
Hands on STEM experiences
Our Mission
To leverage over 30 years of real-world STEM experience to design, build, and consult on modern digital systems while intentionally mentoring, inspiring, and developing the next generation of Black women in technology.
Our Vision
A future where Black young girls and women are fully represented, resourced, and respected across STEM fields building systems, leading innovation, and passing technical excellence from one generation to the next. Ensuring that Black women not only enter STEM, but thrive, lead, and leave legacy.
Meet the Faces behind the Boldness
Shalewa Nyanza
Shalewa's area of expertise is Math and Technology.
She has over 30 years of experience as a computer programmer. She received her bachelor's degree majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Physics. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Nonprofit Management at Harvard University.
Tina Moore
Tina's area of expertise is Management Science & Research Science. She has over 28 years of experience in both. She received her Bachelor's degree in Management Science, her MBA in Management Science, andMMS in Management Science. She is currently pursing her PHD in Business Intelligence.
Did You Know?
Did you know that Black women make up less than 3% of the STEM workforce in the United States, yet their contributions, from pioneering space exploration to advancing medical technologies, have been instrumental in shaping our modern world?
Did you know that while Black women make up 12% of the U.S. population, only 5% of young Black girls choose STEM majors in college, despite their immense potential to lead in these transformative fields?
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