This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features Gwynne Shotwell, the President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX. Read on to see how she turned her engineering background into a career in business, becoming the 70th most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes. It all started when she Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features Linda Brown Buck, a biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004. Read on to see why she credits her parents’ support, who told her she had the ability to do anything she wants. Buck grew up in Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features the STEM Mentors from our October Parent-Daughter Workshop. These women volunteered their time to help lead activities, guide participants through Design Challenges, and speak to the girls about their backgrounds and experiences in STEM. The women had broad backgrounds and career paths including: Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features Carolyn Ritterson Lew, a research analyst who uses her degree in biochemistry in a nontraditional job. Read on to see what “annoys” Lew when she tells people she is a biochemist! When did you first become interested in STEM? The first Read more…
In 2011, the United Nations declared October 11th to be International Day of the Girl. The mission is to “to help galvanize worldwide enthusiasm for goals to better girls’ lives, providing an opportunity for them to show leadership and reach their full potential.” STEM Like a Girl aims to promote enthusiasm Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features another new member of STEM Like a Girl’s Board of Directors, Molly Lebowitz. We are excited to have Molly’s experience in both engineering and business, as well as her passion for empowering women and girls in STEM, on our leadership team. Molly Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 55 years. Just yesterday, Dr. Donna Strickland became just the third woman to be awarded this honor. Strickland was born in Canada and received her PhD in physics at the University Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features STEM Like a Girl’s newest member of our Board of Directors, Janel Hull. We are excited to welcome Janel to our team and love her passion for supporting girls and women of all ages in developing a STEM identity! Janel Hull is Read more…
The September STEM Like a Girl Challenge of the Month is a sweet one! This month we explore how crystals form by making your own Candy Crystal Lollipops. Background A crystal is a solid material whose atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure. Think Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features Portland local Tassia Owen, a Senior Communications Specialist and Science Writer for NASA. Read on to see how she combines her background in English, science, and teaching into a career she loves! When did you first become interested in STEM? When I Read more…