April 30, 2018
In an article for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dr. Carol O'Donnell discussed her time growing up in Pittsburgh as a young girl with an interest in STEM. According to Dr. O'Donnell, “At the time, the opportunities for young girls to think about STEM as a career ... we were just on the verge of that. I remember my parents wanting me to become an engineer because I was already messing around and building things, using my local environment as my laboratory.” With the support of her parents, Dr. O'Donnell took two buses to school every morning to take trigonometry classes. The article goes on to discuss how mentoring women to pursue STEM careers is vital. “We need to help students understand what science can do,” she said. It’s not enough to teach women science and technology if there is no structure to hold them in place.
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