Travels From Western Australia
Kate Kirwin
Passionate advocate for women in STEM and innovation and WA's 2024 Young Australian of the Year.
Kate Kirwin's aim is to teach women coding skills, helping them enter technical careers and building a likeminded community.
Born in regional WA, Kate strongly believes in empowering women from some of Australia’s most remote regions. So far, more than 6000 women from all over the country have learned to code.
Kate’s work is closing the gender gap in tech, where only 30 per cent of employees are women. She has sourced more than $1 million from government and industry to support women in STEM.
Kate has also contributed to the growth of Spacecubed, and since 2014 has played a pivotal role in building communities and coordinating programs such as Plus Eight and Startup Weekend.
Her achievements have been recognised with the Business News 40 Under 40 Award and The West Australian’s Rising Star Award. She was recently named as WA's 2024 Young Australian of the Year.