IN THE NEWS

MAY 2026

NBA.com: Mavericks, Chime Celebrate College-Bound Seniors from Young Women’s Preparatory Network

JANUARY 2026

EmpowerHER Dinner: A Dallas Dinner for a Good Cause Featuring Top Local Chefs, Live Musical Performances, and Haute Couture

NOVEMBER 2025

Aldine ISD Partners With Young Women’s Preparatory Network to Launch College Success Program

JULY 2025

Article from Lynn McBee

APRIL 2025

Students from Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Fort Worth watch all-female Blue Origin launch

FEBRUARY 2025

• Dave Johnson – CEO Spotlight on KRLD: Lynn McBee, CEO of the Young Women’s Preparatory Network, joins KRLD’s David Johnson in this episode of CEO Spotlight to talk more about a big competition for women in STEM
• KVIA, El Paso:  Young Womens STEAM Academy to Participate in STEM Challenge
• Houston Chronicle: These HISD students’ homes flooded during Hurricane Harvey. Now, they’re designing flooding solutions
• Odessa American:Young Womens Leadership Academy to Compete in STEM Competition
• KDFW, Dallas: DFW students compete in STEM challenge
• KTVT, Fort Worth: North Texas Girls Compete in STEM Challenge to Inspire Future Inventors

JANUARY 2025

• Young Women’s Leadership Academy to compete in STEM competition

SEPTEMBER 2024

• New Partnership Empowers Young Women’s Academy with STEAM Opportunities

AUGUST 2024

• NBC DFW: Dallas ISD partners with nonprofit to open second all-girls high school
• Dallas Morning News: A Dallas all-girls school receives $2M to expand its reach
• Univision: Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs joins Young Women’s Preparatory Network

MAY 2024

• Young Women’s STEAM Academy team members prepare for ninth graders
• CBS Texas:  Dallas Mavericks celebrate YWPN seniors
  

FEBRUARY 2024

• Midland high schoolers win first place in YWPN STEAM Challenge
• Lynn McBee, CEO on KRLD CEO Spotlight
• TV story on the Midland STEAM Challenge team
• Ysleta Team STEAM Challenge
• Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy in Houston was featured on their local news

JANUARY 2024

• January 2024: STEAM Challenge press release
• January 2024: Young Women’s Preparatory Network Announces a Record QuestBridge Match Scholars From One School