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alliope Speredakos, a senior at the Marymount School of New York and recent winner of the Daily Points of Light Award, is thrilled to announce the launch of Girls' STEMpede, a video series that celebrates the importance of role models in further engaging girls in Sci- ence, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Created to cultivate a com- munity of like-minded women in STEM and encourage them to share their knowledge, pas- sions and experiences, Girls' STEMpedeiciallylaunched in September. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women make up nearly
The goal is to expose young women and girls to females from very diverse walks of life in interesting careers, hoping that these role models will help disable the stereotypes surrounding women in STEM and give these girls newfound motivation and confidence to pursue their passions.
- Calliope Speredakos, founder of Girls STEMpede
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half of the U.S. workforce, but only 27 percent of STEM work- ers. A recent Microsoftstudy has found that girls generally lose interest in STEM around of over 600 Nobel Prizes awarded in STEM since 1901 Only 21 percent of Engineer- ing and 19 percent of Com- puter Science college majors students choose higher ed- ucation classes in Math and Engineering - WEF Speredakos was often the only girl to partake in various scientific and paleontological expeditions as a child, which exposed her to these statistics from a young age and led her to become increasingly aware of the underrepresentation wom- en have in the STEM workforce. Determined to change the gender ratio and stereotypes in STEM, as well as create a net- work for young women and girls to pursue their passions, Spere- dakos created Girls' STEMpede to introduce female pioneers in the hopes of inspiring future the age of 15 due to a variety of reasons surrounding harmful stereotypes. Additional statistics include: Women have won just 19 are women - AAUW Men are 7X more likely to be featured in STEM roles in TV and Film - WEF Less than 1/3 of female
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