Her Stem Story

Today we are talking to Jonna Gerken , President of Society of Women Engineers  (SWE) 2018 and Program Chief Manufacturing Engineering (PCME) team within the Core Manufacturing Engineering organization at Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation (UTC). Jonna is finishing her term for the FY 2018. In this episode, she shares great advice for women, mothers, and young girls aro...

Links: Patreon Twitter   Instagram This episode is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Mathematics) story of a fellow podcaster Sabrina Ricci, who hosts a podcast called " I Know Dino ". Coming from a journalism & digital content background, Sabrina  didn't even think once before starting her podcast. She and her husband host this weekly show. They go to a lot of museums and confere...

Links: The Mars Generation Twitter  AskAbby TEDx Talk Netflix Documentary     Since 8th grade, Abigail Harrison has worked on multiple projects to learn more about interplanetary science. She is known as Astronaut Abby by her huge social media following and by students around the world who want to follow in her footsteps. From being a Freshman in Astrobiology & Russian to being the head of the Chi...

Links: https://www.facebook.com/ sydney.danielle.351 https://twitter.com/s_flozia Sydney's TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/RwF_hv5qfYE   Sydney's current research endeavors    https://biointerface.ece.ncsu. edu/sensus.html   Today we are talking to Sydney Floryanzia, a Chemical Engineering freshman at NC State University. Her journey is peculiar, as it did not begin with math or science, but with Sydn...

In this episode, we are talking to Kira Coley, Marine Biologist turned science writer and founder of "The Chatty Scientist" a science communication training and resource platform. It aims at breaking barriers in science communication by providing access to affordable interactive online training, and STEM events across UK. Kira also works as a lecturer in science communication and the senior editor...

Today we are talking to an American Zooarchaeologist, who moved halfway across the world to pursue her PhD in Archeology at the University of Bradford in UK. From switching from humanities to Science majors to dealing with mental health issues early on in her PhD Alex Fitzpatrick is an excellent example of how you can take your problems and make them into something wonderful, like she has done wit...

Today we are talking to a very "STEMSPIRING" young lady Laalitya Acharya, a current high school freshman whose goal is to girls to take up STEM all across the globe. Why? and How? were some of her favorite words growing up. Laalitya has identified the gap that young girls are faced with when trying to take up STEM, she wants to change how the next generation approaches these courses and make a dif...

Download Now In this episode, we are talking to an expert in women leadership development, Brigid Moynahan, the CEO of Next Level Leadership, INC., a training, and development organization based in NY. Brigid started the company in 1986 with a farsighted approach to create diverse leadership in fortune 500 companies. Over the last 25 years, she has created over 800corporate programs on mentoring,...

Download Now In this episode, we are talking to a mom that wants to change the future of moms around the world. Coding is the universal language that we all should know. We aren't very far from the day when everything will be automated in some way or another. Erica Peterson is a mother of two, entrepreneur, and TEDx speaker living in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the Founder & CEO of Moms Can: Code and w...

In today's DiveIn Black History Month special episode we are talking to Stephanie Espy the author of "STEM GEMS" a powerful book that portrays 44 Women in STEM role models to give young girls and boys the very valuable gift of role models. She is the CEO of MathSP, the only STEM-focused academic coaching company in the state of Georgia. She was awarded the prestigious PORSCHE Driving force award,...

In this 2nd episode of Black History Month Special, we are talking to Erica Wagner she's joining us all the way from Colorado! She is an inspiring Teenpreneur who has established her YouTube channel "SCIENCE HER WAY" that focuses on Educational STEAM products, games, and projects. Erica loves to code and aspires to be a computer engineer and digital designer. She is young but has big dreams of cha...

In this episode, we are talking to Kiwoba Allaire, the CEO & Founder of  & Camille Eddie an engineering student & Board Member of "GIRL STEM STARS". A nonprofit based in the Silicon Valley, that's dedicated to helping girls of color from underserved communities to improve their lives by providing them with powerful trips like visiting NASA Ames Research center & experiences in the field of STEM. L...

Today we are talking to a SOLAR SCIENTIST, physicist  Dr. Stephanie Yardley, who studies the eruption of the Sun's magnetic field that can lead to the spectacular displays of the aurora but can also severely damage our technological systems on Earth. She is joining us all the way from Scotland. Listen to this story of Stephanie and how she's REACHING FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT STAR…..SUN!    You can f...

In today's DiveIn special episode, we are talking to the amazing Melissa Cristina Márquez. She is a Latina marine biologist and conservationist in Sydney, Australia. Mellisa is actively engaged in research, exploration, communication, and application of scientific knowledge related to the conservation of marine ecosystems. She studies sharks and their relatives and shares passionately about them t...

In this episode, we are talking to Jackie Giovanniello, a Ph. D. student in Neuroscience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in NY. She works on understanding how neural circuits are disrupted in autism. She is also the Co-Founder of the Women in Science & Engineering Initiative (WiSE) at CSHL. Learn how she got over challenges and succeeded in securing 30,000 dollars in funding with over 100 members...

In this episode, we are talking to Elizabeth Laine, Director of Members & Marketing, at Athena in San Diego, California. San Diego magazine nominated Elizabeth for the WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2017. She oversees the FORUMS FOR Executive Women that has 500 women members. Elizabeth has collaborated with top STEM organizations like Qualcomm, Sony, and Deloitte for women's executive development. Listen on to...

In this episode, we are talking to Brittney Stoneburg, the Marketing & Events Specialist for the Western Science Center, a natural history museum in Hemet, California about how she found her path to Paleontology even after not going to school for it. She used her talent in literature and history to work in the field she loved from her childhood. Listen to this amazing episode and learn from Brittn...

Brittney Pachucki recently graduated with her Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering. She is the lab manager at Amgen's Device Technologies Group in Cambridge, MA. In this episode, we talk about biomedical engineering and how Brittney is saving lives through engineering. We also find out how she got inspired to take up this niche field and what keeps her motivated! Listen to this truly inspiring STE...

In this episode, we are talking to a young mechanical engineer Jinghan Wu. Jinghan is a world traveler and has traveled, to 23 Countries to be exact. Most of her trips were for projects and exchange programs. Listen on, to learn about how Jinghan made a change in the lives of many South African families through her project! She talks about her struggles with being an international student and how...

In this episode, we are talking to Trisha Ballakur. Trisha is a senior at the Andover High School in Massachusetts. She is a young entrepreneur with a game changer app "Illumination" to help teenagers cope with grief, depression and mood swings. We will talk to Trisha to learn more about her club "Girls who code", her experience at TYE Global Competition, her interests and how she envision her fut...