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Women in Tech, Interview with Jillian Winn, Co-Founder and Partner of Signing Saavy
Jillian Winn runs her own online business, Signing Savvy, which is a visual dictionary and learning resource for sign language. SigningSavvy.com had 2.26 Million unique visitors in 2013 and has had 7.3+ Million unique visitors since launching in 2009. Jillian has a Masters in Digital Media, Art and Technology and with a background in user…
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Women in Science, Interview with Kimberly Kowal Arcand, Visualization Lead for NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory & Author
Kim Arcand is the Visualization Lead for NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, studying the perception and comprehension of science images by people of various degrees of expertise. She’s also co-authored a non-fiction book, “Your Ticket to the Universe: A Guide to Exploring the Cosmos” for Smithsonian Books which is aimed at attracting more novice science readers,…
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Women in Tech, Interview with Sarah Frisk, Software Developer & Comic Artist
It doesn’t have to be all work and no play in the world of STEM. Sarah Frisk is a software developer by day and a comic artist by night. She shares her story about how she keeps up with both, how she became a software developer and advice for others interested in a similar career…
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Women in Science, Interview with Katie McGill, Physics PhD Candidate and Creator of the YouTube Channel, The Physics Factor
As cool as physics is, just like any graduate degree, it’s still quite a bit of work to get. Add in creating YouTube videos about the field you love, and what Katie McGill does is pretty amazing. Today she shares her story with us, not only about being a physics PhD candidate, but also about…
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Women in Engineering, Interview with Brittany Young, Project Engineer
Brittany Young loved science from a young age, and is now a UMBC chemical engineering and chemistry major, as well as working as a Project Engineer and Technician at Key Technology, Inc. She has had the pleasure of working at APL, NASA and McCormick & Co. She’s also involved in STEM mentorship programs to promote…
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Examples of Women Technologists in Open Source Industry
It’s no secret that the tech industry has a shortage of females. But the ones that are there serve as good examples to others who may follow. The open source industry tends to even be even more masculine, but these women technologists can hopefully serve as great examples to others: The lack of women gives…
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Women in Science, Interview with Renee Hlozek, Princeton University Cosmologist & TED Fellow
Renee Hlozek is a South African female cosmologist and TED Fellow living and working at Princeton University. She is passionate about getting young women and girls interested in science and being creative. She feels that we need to change the way we see women and girls and their ability to do science, to dream and…
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Women in Engineering, Interview with Ariel Ash-Shakoor, NSF IGERT Fellow & Bioengineering Graduate Student
Though it was a difficult journey, Ariel Ash-Shakoor was always interested in the medial, health, and science fields. She enjoyed solving problems and creating stories. She is currently a bioengineering graduate student at Syracuse University and a proud alumni of the Univeristy of Maryland, College Park which is located close to her hometown by the District…
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Women in Science: Interview with Laura Douglass, President & CEO, Next Generation Clinical Research
Laura Douglass started out as an ICU/surgical nurse and moved into drug research, becoming a Clinical Director of a major life science company. She eventually went on to found and lead 2 banks dedicated to funding science research and is on numerous boards, as well as volunteering on a community medical team. She shares how…
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Why I Became a Computer Engineer
Maybe it was the Matchbox cars, Transformers and Legos I played with as a kid. Maybe it was hanging around the high school physics lab waiting for my father, who was a physics teacher (later switching to computer science). Maybe it was the fact that we had a computer at home for as long as…
