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BRB, touching grass — but first, resources!
The #75HER wrap, Aya Miyaguchi's HERstory, our new Grow with Google partnership, and what's next.
Adriann Guy & Darlyze Calixte
March 25, 2026
THIS ISSUE AT A GLANCE
We're going to take a few weeks to touch grass, rest, and recharge. 🌿 We'll be back mid-April with fresh programming, new opportunities, and the same energy you've come to expect.
This Week's HERstory Maker: Aya Miyaguchi → From English teacher to President of the Ethereum Foundation — the woman tending the Infinite Garden and making sure every builder has room to grow.
#75HER Challenge: That's a Wrap 🎉 → 274 builders. 34 countries. 50 projects. The full project gallery is live — browse what this cohort built and join the BuildHER Parade through 3/31 to share your work.
NEW: Grow with Google Partnership → Access the Google AI Professional Certificate — 20+ hands-on activities, real-world AI skills, and 3 months of free Google AI Pro tools. Apply by this Friday!
Want In for 2027? → Sign up for the #75HER 2027 interest list now.
Final JPMorgan Chase Workshop → Windows of Opportunity: Supplier Diversity & Certification. This Thursday — last one in the series.
Become a SupportHER → Here's what your support made possible — and what we're building next.
Resource Drop 📚 → ETHWomen free passes for July in Toronto, Raleigh-Durham Startup Week (April 17, Durham), Upskill with Claude for FREE, and more.
This Week’s HERstory Maker: Aya Miyaguchi
Today, she’s the President of the Ethereum Foundation. But she didn't start in tech. She started in a classroom, teaching English literature to high school students in Japan.
Aya's curiosity about how financial systems could work differently led her to blockchain. In 2013, she joined Kraken as Managing Director of Japan, educating regulators, investors, and media when most people had never heard the word "blockchain." She founded the Japan Blockchain Association, giving the country's crypto community a collective voice. In 2018, she became Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, where she led the ecosystem through core research, developer funding, and global education, including overseeing The Merge, Ethereum's historic transition to proof-of-stake. In 2025, she officially stepped into the role of President.
Her guiding philosophy? "Subtraction.” Real leadership means creating conditions for others to build, not controlling outcomes. She calls Ethereum an "Infinite Garden." An open-source space strengthened by its diversity, where growth is collective.
Why she matters to us: Aya started out teaching English, and transformed her path towards stewarding the platform that now powers billions of dollars in decentralized applications. Not by trying to own the space, but by making sure everyone had room to grow in it. Every builder in this community learning blockchain, shipping their first project, asking "what's possible?" — you're planting seeds in the garden she's tending.
Know someone making HERstory? Reply directly to nominate her today! →
#75HER Challenge: That's a Wrap 🎉
On March 22nd, the #75HER Challenge officially wrapped — and we need to take a moment to talk about what this community just did.
Quarter 1 of 2026. 274 builders across 34 countries showed up for 75 days of learning, ideating, and building in AI/ML, AR/VR, and Blockchain. 25 workshops and sessions. 50 projects submitted. Live demos on International Women's Day. The full project gallery is live — go explore what this cohort built.
None of it happens without the people who pour into this community. A massive thank you to our:
Builders — for doing the work, day in and day out
Facilitators — for making learning feel accessible
Mentors — for showing up with guidance, patience, and belief
Judges — for your time, your expertise, and your investment in our community
Community Partners — for amplifying our mission and helping us reach builders who needed this most.
And to our incredible sponsors — Goose and Women Techmakers — your support helped make this possible, and we are deeply grateful. 🙏🏾
The full project gallery is live — go explore what this cohort built and join our BuildHER Parade→, share your project, and tag us @CreateHERFest with #75HERChallenge. We want to amplify what you made!
Want In for #75HER 2027?
We are so excited for the next one. And if you are too (or if you missed this round and are feeling that FOMO), sign up for our interest form to be the first to know when #75HER comes back 👀
Support CreateHER Fest 💜
We hope this community has made a real impact on your journey. whether that was your first line of code, your first shipped project, or just finally finding your people. That's everything to us!
To grow this initiative, keep it widely accessible, and make 2027 even better, we need your help. CreateHER Fest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and every contribution goes directly back into this organization through:
A 75-day builder program that turns curiosity into shipped projects
Free expert-led workshops in AI, AR/VR, and Blockchain
Mentorship matching across 34+ countries
Conference & industry access opportunities
In-person and virtual connection events and meetups
Software and tools to support builders
If this community has meant something to you, this is your chance to help us make sure it keeps going!
NEW: Grow with Google Partnership 🚀
CreateHER Fest is officially partnering with Grow with Google — and one of the first opportunities we're bringing to our community is the Google AI Professional Certificate. Apply Today! Deadline is this Friday!
Built by Google experts, this program helps learners build practical AI skills through real work tasks and flexible, self-paced learning.
20+ hands-on activities built around real-world tasks
A credential designed to strengthen workplace-relevant AI fluency
Flexible, self-paced learning you can complete in under 10 hours
3 months of no-cost access to Google AI Pro tools to practice what you learn
Windows of Opportunity w/ JPMorgan Chase
This Thursday, March 26th, wraps our Coaching for Impact series with JPMorgan Chase — and we're closing it out with a big one.
Windows of Opportunity: Supplier Diversity & Certification is for anyone ready to expand into government or corporate contracting. This workshop demystifies supplier diversity certification, eligibility requirements, and how to position your business for larger markets and structured revenue.
If you've been building and you're wondering how to get in front of bigger opportunities — this is the session.
Whether you just finished the hackathon and you're thinking about what's next, or you've been bootstrapping for years, we highly recommend attending!
See Us at Blockchain Futurist!
We're officially a Community Partner of ETHWomen, and that means we've secured free passes to the 5th Annual ETHWomen event happening July 21–22, 2026 in Toronto, Canada!
ETHWomen is a free, female-focused, and inclusive experience running alongside Blockchain Futurist Conference, Canada's longest-running and largest Web3 event. Here's what you can expect:
✨ Inspiring speakers from across the Web3, AI, and DeFi space
🤝 Hands-on learning open to all skill levels
🌐 Networking opportunities with women builders and innovators
🔓 Access to Blockchain Futurist Conference: exploring the future of Web3, AI, DeFi, and more
Whether you're just getting started in blockchain or a seasoned builder, this is YOUR space to connect, learn, and be celebrated!
Spots are limited, so register TODAY to secure your pass!
THIS WEEK’S RESOURCES
Nodes AI 2026 Virtual Conference
Free virtual conference by Neo4j on April 15. Explore the future of AI with graphs: GraphRAG, knowledge graphs, context engineering & intelligent agents.
Register Today →
Tezos EVM Hackathon — AI + Blockchain
Build AI-powered applications on Tezos EVM. $5,000 in prizes. Submissions open March 27, deadline April 9, 2026. Categories include AI agents, DeFi, gaming, and developer tooling. Learn More →
OpenClaw Hack Toronto
OpenClaw Hack Toronto is a one-day AI Agent hackathon on March 28, 2026 (10AM–9PM) in downtown Toronto, hosted by Metis Foundation & CryptoChicks. Build agents with wallets & identities using OpenClaw + GOAT Network. ~50 spots. Mac Minis as prizes!
AWS AI & ML Scholars Program
AWS AI & ML Scholars is a free program sponsoring 100K learners in 2026 to build AI/ML skills — no experience needed. Choose from 3 tracks (AI Programmer, Agentic AI Business Pro, Agent Developer). Top 4,500 earn a funded Udacity Nanodegree.
Open to 18+; Apply by June 24, 2026.
Udacity Scholarship 2026
Udacity Scholarship 2026 offers fully funded Nanodegree programs in AI, Data Science, Cloud Computing, and more — partnered with Google, AWS, IBM & Microsoft. Open to learners 18+ worldwide.
SCSP AI+ Expo
May 7–9, 2026 · Washington, D.C. Free event uniting 20K+ government, academic & industry leaders to advance AI, cybersecurity, robotics & energy. Hosted at Walter E. Washington Convention Center!
Raleigh-Durham Startup Week
Raleigh-Durham Startup Week (#RDSW26) is a free, 5-day event series in Durham for Triangle founders & entrepreneurs, featuring workshops, panels, keynotes, networking, investor matchmaking, and partner events — kicking off April 17.
Codex Creator Challenge
OpenAI x Handshake is giving US/Canada college students $100 in free Codex credits to build an AI project. Submit your creation by April 30, 2026 for a chance to win a year of ChatGPT Plus + up to $10,000 in OpenAI API credits.
The Anthropic Age: Putting Claude to Work
"The Anthropic Age" is a free DataCamp event (April 20–24) featuring hands-on webinars to deploy Claude at work — build a competitor research bot, HR agent, and data skills, plus guides on managing AI-first teams.
Until next time,
Discover \ Design \ Deliver
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