What is a Student Ambassador?

Student Ambassadors (SAs) are Technovation Girls Alumnae ages 13-18, who have been selected to act as champions of Technovation Girls in their region.

Student Ambassadors help support Technovation Girls in their local community in several ways, such as:

• Recruiting students to participate in Technovation Girls by hosting local recruitment events, and sharing their own experience with the program, reaching out to schools, teachers, and students
• Providing guidance and support to students throughout the season, including during the  registration process including helping students create user accounts, build their teams, and find a mentos
• Helping students understand the lessons in the curriculum, and how the program works 
• Motivating students to continue learning the curriculum and encouraging them to complete their submission by the deadline
• Meeting regularly with local students to support their learning of the curriculum, answer questions and support their work on projects
• Speaking at local or virtual Technovation related events to promote awareness of the program and its benefits to students
• Supporting their local Chapter Ambassador or Club, as needed 
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**Student Ambassadors are NOT expected to mentor teams officially. SAs can decide to:

• Support teams in finding their own mentor
• Guide teams as needed, unofficially
• Be a team's official mentor, if 18 years of age 

The average time commitment per week for a Student Ambassador is around 1 to 2 hours from October through May. During some weeks, Student Ambassadors may have no SA-related responsibilities, while during other weeks, they may spend 5 hours on SA-related tasks, such as hosting a recruitment event.

Through the course of the season, Student Ambassadors:

• Gain leadership and mentoring experience
• Develop their influencing, strategizing, and project management skills
• Network, learn and exchange ideas virtually with over 100 Student Ambassadors from around the world
• Receive exclusive online support, professional skill development, and unique opportunities from our Technovation staff