Women in STEM
Science’s most exciting frontier is all around us, but there are so many more incredible stories about women in STEM careers. We believe by telling the stories of successful, and persistent women in STEM, we are opening the eyes of young children everywhere to a world of opportunities and possibilities. Smore is a magazine that introduces young readers to these inspiring women in STEM.
Children, especially girls aspirations of what they want to be when they grow up are based on their own genders, their parents jobs, friends and what they are exposed to through media and popular culture. And this unnecessarily shapes their beliefs, it limits their ambitions irrespective of their actual abilities. Research has shown that girls a little as 6 have already begun to associate science and technology as fields for “really smart” people and boys being “really smart” not girls. The women in STEM cover feature is aimed at breaking down these stereotypes.
The brightly colored pages and friendly voice in each issue tell the tales of brilliant accomplished female role models in STEM have made groundbreaking discoveries and changed lives through their passion, curiosity and scientific genius. Children can see for themselves how a career in STEM can be an exciting opportunity to build a rewarding and successful future.
Smore is empowering young girls through science and stories. Read, and share these stories with a child. You never know who you will inspire.
Science Like A Girl: Roboticist Cynthia Sung
Why is it that so many of us think of the things we do for fun and the things we do for school as two separate parts of who we are? Art and science. Hobbies and homework. But sometimes two parts that feel separate can come together in a way
Science Like A Girl: Doctor, Public Health Advocate Leana Wen
Leana is passionate about the importance of public health, but she knows that serving health is about much more than what happens in the four walls of a hospital. And while she always enjoyed science, it was getting people the help they need – no matter who they were – that drew her to the world of medicine.
Science Like A Girl: Inventor and Author Arlyne Simon
When a nurse hooks a syringe to a syringe pump, she isn’t thinking about the regulations and research it took to ensure a to save a life. When an expectant mother looks at an ultrasound, she isn’t thinking about connecting the circuits or programming the interface – she wants to
Science Like A Girl: Computer Scientist and AI Expert Nuria Oliver
What would you do if you wanted to study someone’s behavior? Interview them? Maybe set up some cameras? What if you wanted to study a whole city of people instead? Or a whole country? How would you even get started? For computer scientist Dr. Nuria Oliver, taking on such unsolved
Science Like A Girl: Cosmetic Chemist Roselin Rosario-Meléndez
Dr. Roselin Rosario-Meléndez has always loved makeup, but even her younger self couldn’t have imagined that she would end up creating a best-selling lipstick as a chemist. She had never known a chemist, let alone heard of a cosmetic chemist. Being a scientist just didn’t cross her young mind. Finding
Science Like A Girl: Corporate Scientist & Chief Science Advocate Jayshree Seth
Dr. Jayshree Seth has a passion for searching out problems. As a Corporate Scientist for 3M, she has taken on everything from keeping diapers on wiggly babies to finding the perfect level of stickiness for a roll of packing tape. Image Credit : Jayshree Seth Jayshree even has 70 patents
Please read and share these women in STEM stories with everyone. Together we can inspire our future generation of girls in STEM to dream big!
