As a STEM Expansion VISTA for the New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network (NMOST) I have spent an entire year trying to understand the barriers that keep young women and people of color from pursuing careers in STEM. I have read countless academic articles, infographics, and I even took a month long training on how to […]
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When examining the importance of mentorship for young women in STEM, a stark disparity in opportunities available to young women depending on their geographical location in New Mexico emerges. Question #3 in the NMOST Advancing Young Women in STEM Scholarship application asked applicants “tell us about a personal leader/mentor in STEM that you look up
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The final question in the application for the New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network’s (NMOST) annual Advancing Young Women in STEM Scholarship asked applicants: “What are your top 2 recommendations for how educators and/or program administrators could make STEM activities and programs more inclusive and welcoming for women?” In other words, NMOST asked these young women
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Women and people of color are consistently underrepresented in computer science and engineering, two of the largest and highest paying sectors in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. This lack of diversity hurts the industry by suppressing innovation, and hiring bias creates an untapped pool of talented workers. In addition, there is a
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This March the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a consensus study report, “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine.” The report on five academic studies found what many had already suspected: that the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionately negative effect on women in academic STEMM
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At this year’s annual Fall into Place conference, we invited Val Day-Sanchez to be one of our guest keynote speakers and workshop leaders. Val (she/they) is an antiracist educator, professor of communication, social activist, author, and champion of inclusivity. Val is the founder of The Only Back Girl in the Room, a company with the
