Representation matters.
Hello Super Star,
You are doing a great job taking the first step in your path of greatness. I personally wish I would have had the foresight at such a young age to be a part of Stem. For me it was not something that was really talked about when I was in school so I know how important representation is. Representation means knowing it can be done and being inspired. So here are a few women to inspire you today. Take some time to read their full stories.
Mae Jemison - Mae Carol Jemison studied chemical engineering and Afro-American studies at Stanford University on a National Achievement Scholarship at age 16.
Evelyn Boyd Granville - She was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the Atomic Energy Commission and graduated with her Ph.D. in mathematics in 1956, making her the second African American woman to receive a Ph.D. from an American university. Boyd then worked on missile fuses at the National Bureau of Standards, wrote software for the IBM 650 computer, calculated space trajectories at the Computation and Data Reduction Center of Space Technology Laboratories, worked on celestial mechanics, trajectory, and orbit computation as a research specialist for the North American Aviation Company.
Alexa Canady - Dr. Alexa Irene Canady made history when she became the first African-American woman neurosurgeon in the United States in 1981.
These are just a few of the black women that are top in their field and with programs like Stem everyday many more amazing smart and black talented women are being birthed into a world of science technology and math. I don't want to see your name added to that list.