For girls like Gracey Perez and India Rittgarn, getting a chance to learn tech just isn't a thing.
"We don't have a technology program in our school, we just don't get to work with technology that much."
Their future isn't bright either.
"It's rough when you haven't seen it before and you walk into a college classroom, already feeling a step behind," said Carly Johnson, a UNO student.
Some of the latest numbers out show that less women are in tech fields than 10 years ago. In 2013, just 26 percent of computing jobs in the U.S. were held by women, down from 35 percent in 1990.
"I don't know the stereotype of it has been engrained in a lot of peoples minds and I'm not sure really how it got to be that point," Kate Slump, another UNO student said.
In Omaha, University of Nebraska at Omaha is taking a stand, trying to close the tech gap. They're hoping to push for future coders to be female.
"Its a lot of may unconscious bias towards maybe their peers in these young girls lives. Maybe they call on boys more in tech classes or push them that way. It's just happened over the years," Amanda Rucker with UNO says.
UNO's "Code Crush" helps middle school girls get into computer coding. 8th and 9th grade girls spend the week on the school's campus learning skills and meeting female leaders in the IT and start up fields. This year, they've received a $200,000 matching grant from the Peter Kewiet Foundation. Hopefully building a future that looks different and breaking the ceiling for coders.
