My Story
My interest in engineering was sparked recently when I heard about how it deals with designing and building machines and how it is such a large field with so many different types of jobs that fit everyone’s personality. However, I was a little shocked and intimidated at first when I realized how underrepresented women were in this field. But then I thought about how so many fields, like medicine, are now having more female representation and how their inclusion in a male dominated field has greatly benefitted so many.
I learned more about engineering from a woman whom I greatly admire and look up to and was told about how it was a great career for those of us who like to design and implement things. I decided that engineering seemed to be a great career option for someone like me and realized that my representation in this field greatly matters.
My Project
My project, called "Young Girls in Engineering" is a project that has been designed to pique the interests of young girls in my community that are interested in learning about the basics of engineering and programming. They will learn to build robots and the basics of programming.