To close the gender gap in technology, Girls Who Code is leading a movement to inspire, educate and equip students who identify as girls or nonbinary individuals with the computing skills needed to pursue 21st-century opportunities. Since launching in 2012, Girls Who Code has reached 580,000 students. In 2021, Girls Who Code piloted Work Prep, an experiential, virtual programme for college students designed to build career skills and confidence and expose students to partner company culture, opportunities and role models. The three-week programme is designed to be flexible for busy college students, featuring a combination of asynchronous activities (i.e. students working independently according to their own schedule) and synchronous work (i.e. students engaging simultaneously in realtime work). As part of the cybersecurity Work Prep, students are introduced to multiple cybersecurity roles and work together to complete the mitigation, response and recovery phases of an incidentresponse plan framework while also meeting cyber leaders at the partner company. As a result of the programme, the overwhelming majority of students said they were more likely to pursue a career in technology and that they felt more prepared to apply for and be interviewed for technical internships and jobs.