Tech-Moms and JPMorgan Chase drew more than 150 attendees to a financial wellness-themed Summer Social, pairing budgeting workshops with a school-supply giveaway as the nonprofit prepares to launch a new paid internship program for its alumni.
Draper, Utah — July 16, 2026
Tech-Moms, the Draper-based nonprofit that trains Utah women for technical careers, drew more than 150 attendees to a Summer Social on July 16, teaming with JPMorgan Chase for a financial wellness workshop hosted at Progressive Leasing's offices.
Families, alumni and community members gathered for the evening event, which combined practical money-management guidance with a giveaway of backpacks and school supplies for children in attendance ahead of the new school year. Mallory Santa Cruz, a financial health educator and VP at JPMorgan Chase, led the workshop, sharing tips families could act on immediately. Robbyn Scribner, Co-Founder and Director of Outreach of Tech-Moms, and Tatiana Larsen, a Tech-Moms program participant and single mother of seven, were also on hand.
Progressive Leasing hosted the gathering at its Draper offices, and Tech-Moms credited the company's team, including Connie Washington and Beth Martial, for their continued partnership.
The 2026 Tech-Moms Summer Social highlighted new local partnership between JPMorgan Chase and Tech-Moms aimed at expanding access to financial education for Utah mothers. A recent white paper from the Utah Women & Leadership Project at Utah State University, part of its ongoing statewide survey series on the awareness, understanding, and attitudes of Utahns, found that Utah women's confidence in managing personal finances independently trails men's.
Combining 2025 representative and convenience survey samples of roughly 5,600 women, researchers found that 15.9% still disagreed or were neutral when asked whether they could manage their personal finances independently and make informed decisions to improve their financial wellness, even as most respondents agreed it was important to do so. A related survey item found that roughly a third of women respondents did not agree they were aware of resources available to help them achieve financial security, a gap notably wider than the one reported by men.
A Growing Alumni Network
The Summer Social also served as a touchpoint for a broader initiative Tech-Moms is preparing to launch: a paid internship program designed to connect its alumni directly with employers. In a recent interview with TechBuzz, founder Trina Limpert said the "Try a Tech-Mom," program will offer three- to six-month paid internships for startups and established businesses looking to bring on short-term technical talent without a long-term hiring commitment.
Limpert said the program grew out of a recognition that hiring managers often carry unexamined assumptions about the skill level of women re-entering the workforce after time away. Fields represented among Tech-Moms alumni include web development, UX design, digital marketing, technical sales, cybersecurity and project management, along with more recently added tracks in AI automation engineering. Limpert cited one 2020 graduate, a return-to-work mother of three without a prior degree, who went on to earn a software engineering degree and now works as a senior AI solution engineer at Microsoft.
Limpert said internships through the organization are never unpaid, a policy she said reflects the value of the talent involved. She added that roughly 95% of Tech-Moms alumni who complete an internship placement are hired on afterward. A landing page for the new program is expected to go live within the next week, with a broader press push to follow.
Program Details
Since launching in 2020, Tech-Moms has trained more than 1,000 women through cohorts that run across the Wasatch Front, from Weber State University to Utah Tech University. Cohorts typically enroll 20 to 25 participants. This fall, the organization will run a project management course, a data analytics course, and three core "bridging" programs at Salt Lake Community College, Utah Valley University, and Utah Tech, with enrollment currently open. Tech-Moms also relies on volunteers and welcomes referrals from community members whose friends, neighbors, or family members might benefit from the program.
Tech-Moms publishes a newsletter and posts new content on its website multiple times a week, and the organization said it plans to pursue additional media coverage of both its hiring initiatives and the new internship program as details are finalized.
Learn more at www.tech-moms.org.
