An all-girls robotics team from Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy (OVCA) is showing the country what women in STEM can do. Krista Bader, a junior from Tulsa and Ayibatari Ehimika, a sophomore from Broken Arrow make up Team Hello Kitty.
The teens recently returned home from Reston, Virginia where they competed and won at the K12 Robotics League National Championship in the 10-12th grade division. The girls were awarded $1,000 and Krista will now prepare for nationals in California.
During the competition, Krista and Ayibatari had to go through three rounds in a single day, only getting 90-minute breaks between to troubleshoot their robot…