Her Stem Story

Our guest today is Rochelle Gayle, an Assistant Project Manager (Construction Management) and Boutique Owner from Boston. She graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University. She moved to the US from Jamaica when she was 14yrs old. Rochelle is a female leader in the male-dominated Construction Management industry, a leader who advocates for diversity, inclusion and improv...

Our guest today is Cátia Bandeiras, who is completing her Ph. D. in Bioengineering in Portugal. She is using her engineering skills to bring STEM cell technology to the market faster. During her education on Cátia has traveled the world, starting out at a university in the Czech Republic, she made her way to the US as a transfer student at MIT. Cátia has combined her two passions Science and Trave...

Our guest today is Lauren Hewitt, Ph. D. candidate at the University of Austin, Texas. Lauren is a science artist and creates beautiful embroidery hoops. She makes and sells embroidery hoops on her website and she is communicating neuroscience through her amazing art. She is a first-generation college graduate and her journey to pursuing her Ph. D. is very inspiring. In this episode we talk about:...

Today's story falls in the STEMM category because traditional STEM fields don't include medicine in them. But women in medicine are equally important and are doing phenomenal work and have super inspiring stories! Today we are excited to showcase a story of an exceptional medical doctor. Our guest today is Dr. Renee Paro, a third-generation Mexican American girl who is the first in her family to e...

Our guest today is Gigi Kreibich, an organic chemistry researcher from the University of Minnesota. Gigi has learned to navigate her research career while living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and a recent diagnosis of hypophosphatasia. Balancing her life as both the researcher and the patient, Gigi has learned to pursue her passions and tap into her natural skills to achieve her goals.    Gigi share...

Hosted By: Katherine Hatcher.   Our guest today is Stephanie Edwards Compton from @steph.sci.access on Instagram and PhD student in Cellular and Molecular Nutrition at Virginia Tech. Stephanie has been creating wonderful content on Instagram, sharing her tips and tricks for improving accessibility in science. Recently, Stephanie started a "nutrition basics" series, where she shares evidence-based...

Our guest today is "The Guru of Grad Self Care" on Instagram and a Neuroscientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne. For the next 2 weeks, the show will be hosted by a very special guest, Katherine Hatcher, she is a STEM Advocacy Institute fellow and is launching her very own podcast in August. I had the honor of mentoring Katherine in podcasting and now of interviewing her. Listen...

Our guest today is "The Fairy God Mother of SciCommers", Christine Liu. Christine is the co-founder of Two-Photon Art , a science-art online store and the founder of The STEM Squad , an online community to support and promote people who identify with a historically marginalized gender.   Currently a 5th year PhD candidate at UC Berkeley in Neuroscience. Christine graduated with a Biology and Psych...

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life. https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It's rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website . -- Our...

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life. https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It's rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website .   Our g...

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life. https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources ---- Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It's rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website .  ...

Please use the link below to learn how you can become more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community in every aspect of your life.  https://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/Resources/LGBTQIA-Resources ---- Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June around the world. It's rooted in the US and it is organized to mark the achievements of LGBTQ community. You can read more about it at the Library of Congress website . T...

Our guest today is a single mom of four kids, a PhD in Genetics and is now pursuing academic editing full time. Isabel Torres is an inspiring mom in STEM. She runs an editing consultancy and a fantastic blog called prettysmartscience.com  where she shares resources and highlights women in STEM. From finding her unique path in cell biology to being a stay at home mom & being a fulltime Science comm...

Our guests in this special episode are two amazing leaders that are leading their business with Diversity & Inclusion at the forefront of everything they do! Today we are talking to Kevin Grigg, CEO and Ted DeSantos, Business Line Leader of Community Business. of Fuss & O'Neill, a New England Based Civil & Environmental Engineering Consultancy. 1/3rd of their employees are women.  This company and...

Our guest today, Sonal Bhadane is a Medical Physicist and works in the radiation therapy industry. When she is not saving lives from cancer, she is a mother to a 2-year-old son. She grew up in India & Canada and now lives in Middleborough, UK. Her story is about her experiences of being an immigrant as a teenager, how she pivoted from being a radiation therapist to following her curiosity to go be...

Our guest today, Lindsey Fitzsimons graduated with an MS in Clinical Excercise Physiology and is currently working on her PhD in Biomedical science at the University of Maine. She is also an instructor for first-year medical students at the University of  New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine. She became a mom in 2017 and went into labor during her PhD qualifying exam. Her story is filled w...

Presenting our Moms in STEM series! In this series, we will learn how women are maneuvering their career path in STEM! Brought to you by our AmorSui Clothing, this 4 episode series will highlight moms in STEM.   Born in Portugal, Raquel Nuno and her family moved to the US when she was 11. Raquel was always interested in science but life had other plans and she joined the US Air force, supported he...

Our guest today is changing how women dress up in the labs, with her company Amoursui Clothing. Beau Wangtrakuldee is the founder of Amoursui Clothing and is creating stylish protective wear for women working in labs across the globe. Originally from Thailand, Beau moved to the US for college education and has a PhD in Biochemistry and along with running her business she works as a consultant. Let...

Our guest today Arjita Sethi graduated with a degree in Physical therapy from India and moved to the US to embark on a mind-blowing startup journey. From starting her vocational school in India at age 16 to winning a startup competition sponsored by Elon Musk.  Arjita is the co-founder/CEO of Equally , a Public Benefit Corporation with a purpose to improve access to equal education and equal oppor...

YAYY! This is our 50th episode and we are introducing our team members, reflecting on the past episodes, and we talk about what's in store for our show. Brittany, Katherine & Sophie discuss their roles on the team, their favorite episodes, what they have learned from the show and WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR SHOW. They discuss how the show is COLLECTING STORIES & CONNECTING PEOPLE. Finally, we dis...

Knowing your worth can be challenging for most women in STEM fields, but it's the most important thing you can do to catapult your confidence and your career in the right direction. Our Guest today, Lauren Hasson is working passionately to bridge the wage gap in STEM fields with her company DevelopHER. Lauren is a Techie herself, she is a keynote speaker, entrepreneurs & a fellow podcaster. Let's...

Ever wondered why media promotes gender stereotypes and how that affects our view of the world around us? Our guest today Nitasha Syed is a computer engineer in Silicon Valley. She couldn't figure out why women in the mainstream media were always boxed into stereotypes like 'popular, pretty girl' or the 'smart, ugly nerd'. She needed to break the notion that being good at one thing doesn't mean th...

Our guest today is working really hard to cure cancer with Nanotechnology. Joy Wolfram is the Lead at Mayo Clinic's Nanomedicine and Extracellular Vesicles Lab. Joy has a B.S. in biology, University of Helsinki, Finland; M.S. in biology, University of Helsinki, Finland; PhD in nanoscience and technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. She was also an Amgen Scholar & has gone to...

Our guest today is Lakshmi Ramachandran completed her PhD in cell and molecular biology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, SUNY Buffalo. She passionately worked in drug discovery before facing some personal struggles, taking a break from science and then coming back after 2 yrs. Re-entry was more challenging then she expected and this forced her in the direction of advocating for women in STEM. Tod...

To celebrate International Women's Day 2019, we are sharing the journey of Teresa Ambrosio. From her mental health struggles, growing up in a small village in southern Italy to achieving an international scholarship in the UK, Teresa's story is inspirational in every way! She is pursuing her Ph. D. in Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, UK & is also a small business owner. Teres...