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A Message From Our Founder
Taylin Stewart
Maynard Jackson High School '18
Researches in the lab of Dr. Steven Van Ginkel, Dept. of Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech
Bernabe Beccerra
Maynard Jackson High School '16
Researched in the lab of Dr. Meleah Hickman, Dept. of Biology at Emory University. Bernabe will be attending Georgia State in the fall. She recieved a scholarship from the Pearls of Purpose Foundation
Nzinga Hendricks
Maynard Jackson High School '16
Researched in the lab of Dr. Peng Jin, Dept. of Biology at Emory University. Nzinga will be attending Lehigh University in the fall on a full merit scholarship.
Currently in the United States today, according to the Department of Labor, women make up 47% of the workforce. Yet of that percentage, fewer women are represented in science, technology, and engineering occupations. Current statistics also indicate that the racial disparities within the percentage of women in STEM continue to exist. According to the National Science Foundation, minority women, mainly African-Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics, make up less than 1 in 10 women in science and engineering related jobs. These statistics do not lie: the current situation of minority women involved in STEM is a distressing testament of the untapped potential of young minority women interested in pursuing STEM-related jobs.
Alexa Dantzler
Creator and Founder of SOAR
2016 SOAR Graduate 2016 SOAR Graduate
Mari Chiles
Grady High School '17
Researches mutations in fruit flies in the lab of Dr. Peng Jin
Victoria Lamar
Westlake High School '18
Researches mutations in yeast in the lab of Dr. Meleah Hickman. IB student.
