Mayim Bialik is an scientist and actress (playing Amy on The Big Bang Theory). 🔬 Although many may know of Mayim from her roles in the sitcom Blossom and as…
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#WCW with Dr. Ciara Sivels
🔬 Dr. Ciara Sivels made history, becoming the first black woman to earn a Ph.D in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2018. At the time, University of…
#WCW with Clarice Phelps
Clarice Phelps is the first African-American woman to discovery a chemical element! Clarice is a nuclear chemist who helped discover tennessine (element 117) while working with the U.S. Department of…
#wcw with Mareena Robinson Snowden
🔬👩🏾🎓👩🏾🔬 Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Although she hadn’t considered engineering when she was…
#WCW with Mae Jemison
Mae C. Jemison was the first African-American woman admitted to NASA’s astronaut training program and to go into space after a year of training! After her mission, she advocated for…
#WCW with Lisette Titre
🎮 Lisette Titre is a video game developer. Lisette has worked at Backbone Entertainment, EA Games, and Ubisoft during her career. Currently, Lisette is the art manager at Double Fine…
Tracy Drain
🚀 Tracy Drain is a flight systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Tracy earned her BS in Mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky and her MS in Mechanical…
#WCW with Ilya Espino De Marotta
👷🏽♀️ Ilya Espino De Marotta is a Panamanian engineer who led the Panama Canal Expansion Program as the Executive Vice President, the first woman to hold this position. Ilya earned…
#WCW with Jasmine Lawrence
Jasmine Lawrence is an engineer and entrepreneur, currently working as the Technical Program Manager on the Blood Donations Team at Facebook connecting potential blood donors on Facebook. Before Facebook, Jasmine…
#WCW with Camille Hearst
Camille Hearst is the CEO and co-founder of Kit, a social network for products. Camille graduated from Stanford before beginning her career at Apple, where she was one of the…
#WCW with Dr. Sara Iverson
Dr. Sara Iverson is the Scientific Director of the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) and was chosen by Mattel and National Geographic as the role model for their polar marine biologist…
#WCW with Ann Mei Chang
June is Pride month, and an opportunity to highlight the LGBTQ+ members of the STEM community.⠀ 🏳️🌈💻 Ann Mei Chang spent 20 years in tech with Silicon Valley companies before…
