SciGirls Stories: Black Women in STEM

SciGirls Stories: Black Women in STEM

Meet five Black women scientists who are innovators, problem-solvers and STEM superstars who honor their racial identity and cultures. In this show, they share their strategies for overcoming challenges and finding success and joy in jobs where Black women are often underrepresented. They also inspire Black girls to pursue all kinds of interests and career paths through their individual stories.

SciGirls Stories: Black Women in STEM

25m 48s

Meet five Black women scientists who are innovators, problem-solvers and STEM superstars who honor their racial identity and cultures. In this show, they share their strategies for overcoming challenges and finding success and joy in jobs where Black women are often underrepresented. They also inspire Black girls to pursue all kinds of interests and career paths through their individual stories.

Previews + Extras

  • Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trailer

    S1 E1 - 30s

    Meet five Black women scientists who are innovators, problem-solvers and STEM superstars who honor their racial identity and cultures. In this show, they share their strategies for overcoming challenges and finding success and joy in jobs where Black women are often underrepresented. They also inspire Black girls to pursue all kinds of interests and career paths through their individual stories.

  • Danielle Twum – Greater Access to Cures: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Danielle Twum – Greater Access to Cures

    S1 E1 - 1m 1s

    Immunologist Danielle Twum is excited by increasing diversity of voices at the table of cancer research, believing that together we are stronger and this is how everybody will gain access to imminent cures.

  • Deanna Clemmer – An Invaluable Lab: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Deanna Clemmer – An Invaluable Lab

    S1 E1 - 1m 50s

    Deanna Clemmer speaks to the power of working in a lab that is fundamentally a Black lab, built by her mentor with a vision to provide young Black scientists with the tools to thrive in their field, an invaluable pathway to a better future.

  • Shakiyla Huggins – Meeting the Challenge: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Shakiyla Huggins – Meeting the Challenge

    S1 E1 - 1m 24s

    Shakiyla Huggins recounts how a fifth-grade teacher recognized her gift for math and really challenged her mind, awakening her to a love of math and teaching that put her on a path to STEM education, where she shines the brightest.

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