Astronaut Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space… but before that, she was a Peace Corps Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia.
(photo: @nasa)
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'We are the Girls of Tomorrow'
We know that women earn more on average when working in STEM fields, and that communities do better as a whole when women are well-educated and independent.
“How are girls in South Africa going to develop a passion for the sciences without female role models?”
#BUILTBYGIRLS
62 million girls around the world are not currently in school – but technology can help change that.
Guardians of the Planet: 10 Women Environmentalists You Should Know
“During April’s Earth Month, we’re celebrating the incredible women who are working to protect the environment and all of the creatures which share our planet. From groundbreaking primatologists to deep-sea explorers to determined activists, each of them has changed the way that we see the world — and our role in protecting it.”
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From Peace Corps service to careers in science
Resourcefulness and resiliency are both important skills in science when experiments fail or your proposal gets rejected. Really, when something “hard” happens now, I know it really isn’t that hard…
“There is something magical about that moment when students “get it,” when that the light bulb goes on. My village lacked electricity and running water. I will never forget when my students did an experiment for the first time in a chemistry lab with water we got from a stream using donated materials that were tucked away for years in a supply room. After adding metal to a solution, they noticed bubbles evolving and came running to me saying (in French, not English), “Miss, miss, is this a reaction?”… and they finally got what they were learning. Wow!” – Dr. Theresa Good, RPCV Democratic Republic of Congo
The Let Girls Learn 1 year anniversary conveniently falls on a Thursday, so throwing it back to one of my favorite moments of my service yet: working to help empower young women during the STEM Camp for Girls. Where technology, leadership, and entrepreneurship come together to equip our future leaders. Happy birthday Let Girls Learn!
#letgirlslearn #STEMUganda #tbt #africa #tech #entrepreneurship #uganda #peacecorps #peacecorpsuganda #thirdgoal #howiseepc
Astronaut Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space… but before that, she was a Peace Corps Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia.
(photo: @nasa)
“We explore. As humans, we explore.” – Mae Jemison (x)
Astronaut Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space… but before that, she was a Peace Corps Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia.
(photo: @nasa)
