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Shifting Math Narratives Through Afterschool: Insights From our Virtual Panel

​[[{“value”:” When a young person says “I’m not a math person,” it’s rarely the math itself standing in the way. It’s the mindset. That idea ran through STEM Next’s recent Shifting Math Narratives Through Afterschool panel, which brought together Michaela Leslie-Rule of the Gates Foundation, Nick Monzi of Learn Fresh, and Chris Barr of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, moderated by STEM Next’s…

Engineering Your Tech Future: A Youth-Led Career Chat with Qualcomm and Aramco 

​[[{“value”:” When a high school teacher told Mira Velasco she didn’t “look like an engineer,” she turned that doubt into motivation. Instead of letting someone else define her future, she pursued engineering with determination and discovered a field she had never even heard of before college: printed wiring board design. Today, Mira is an engineer at Qualcomm, where she describes…