“If we’re going to out-innovate and out-educate the rest of the world, we’ve got to open doors for everyone. We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.”
- First Lady Michelle Obama, September 26, 2011
Hidden Figures: Inspiring STEM heroes for girls. A Hit with young women of color interested in STEM. "...a film that depicts the true story of the African-American mathematician Katherine Johnson and her two colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. These women, and many others, worked in the segregated West Area Computers, a division of Langley Research Center, as part of NASA during the Space Race against Russia. Their work directly contributed to John Glenn becoming the first American astronaut to make three complete orbits of the Earth. Check out https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/13/hidden-figures-inspiring-stem-heroes-for-girls/
Envision is a free all-day conference held at UCSD that exposes high school girls to career possibilities in science and technology. Check out http://ucsdenvision.wixsite.com/envision
(Check out http://www.engineeryourlife.org)