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>As a woman in a science or engineering field I'm often asked how to encourage
young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, or math, the STEM fields
and I think it's really important for girls to remember that they can
achieve any of these careers just like boys can achieve any of those careers in
STEM, and one strategy that I have used over my career and even in school is to
develop a support network whether that's family members, cousins, friends,
people within your own class those can be girls or they can be boys.
But, people that will continue to support you throughout those challenges that you
face, because even today now while in my career at NASA I still have people that
I look to so that way I can get support from them and have them help remind me
that I can achieve anything and that when I face challenges they're there for me.