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Not Just Another Pretty Face "It was very evident to me that the female students at Caltech were excelling just as well as their male counterparts and were also displaying innate talent and academic brilliance. If anything this gender gap really just spurs me on, I wanna show people [...]
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Awareness + Belief + Connection = STEM Sisterhood As the founder of STEM Sisterhood, I am continually thinking about how to get more girls and women interested in science, technology, engineering and math. For some reason, I always come back to A + B + C or Awareness + Belief + Connection. [...]
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Showcasing Talented Women to Increase Girls in STEM
There are not enough girls in STEM!
The numbers are staggering! In the United States, 55% of all 4-year college students are women and close to half of the overall workforce is female. Yet, women are still vastly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math careers. And, this is after decades of initiatives (both public and private) to increase the numbers of women in these fields.
Most of these initiatives and programs seem or fall into 2 categories:
- High level, bureaucratic/academic solutions
- Admirable, but mostly local solutions
There’s nothing wrong with either of these approaches and we are certain that the people involved in these are dedicated and caring. But, in many cases the message or the delivery simply miss the mark or are not reaching a wide enough audience.
There are many theories on why there are so few women in science, technology, engineering and math careers and plenty of disagreement. In reality, it doesn’t really matter what the causes HAVE been, but rather what the SOLUTIONS can be:
Enter STEM Sisterhood…
STEM Sisterhood was founded to take a different approach to the challenge of increasing the number of women in science, technology, engineering and math careers.
Reaching girls at key learning ages (11-16), inspiring them by showcasing amazing women already succeeding in STEM fields and providing a (virtual) community for women to encourage, support and challenge each other.
STEM SISTERHOOD’S MISSION:
- Build AWARENESS – Use STEM Sisterhood website and relevant social media platforms to reach young women of all backgrounds with the message that “STEM can be for them”
- Cultivate BELIEF – Showcase successful women already succeeding in STEM careers to inspire girls and young women to follow their lead
- Establish CONNECTION – Grow STEM Sisterhood into a virtual community for girls and women in STEM fields to encourage, support and challenge each other
STEM SISTERS ARE GIRLS & WOMEN WHO:
- Share a common passion for the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math
- Are committed to encouraging, supporting and challenging each other
- Believe when on STEM Sister succeeds we all benefit collectively and change the world in powerful ways
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WHY WE NEED STEM SISTERHOOD
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Potential Career Fields
Biology • Chemistry • Physics • Oceanography • Ecology • MeteorologyTECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL CAREER FIELDS
Programming • Networking • Cyber Security • Robotics • Artificial Intelligence • NanotechnologyENGINEERING
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