Southern California Comes Together to Encourage Girls to Choose STEM
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Dr. Judy White, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, welcomes attendees at the April 19 town hall meeting for “Engaging Girls in STEM” at the Riverside County Office of Education.
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More than 150 people attended the April 19 town hall meeting for “Engaging Girls in STEM” at the Riverside County Office of Education and heard from panel of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) experts who discussed ways school and community leaders can involve more female students in STEM related studies and careers.
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Isaballe Goussen, from Landmark Middle School in Moreno Valley, demonstrates a robotic hand she developed as part of the Mathematics, Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Club at the April 19 town hall meeting for “Engaging Girls in STEM” at the Riverside County Office of Education.
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Lyzandra Ortega, sixth-grade student at Val Verde Elementary School in Perris, was on the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) at the April 19 town hall meeting for “Engaging Girls in STEM” at the Riverside County Office of Education.
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A standing-room-only crowd of more than 150 people listen to panel members Lea Deesing, Chief Innovation Officer City of Riverside, and Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, Executive Director California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, during the April 19 town hall meeting for “Engaging Girls in STEM” at the Riverside County Office of Education.
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