I had the pleasure of interviewing 17 year old Emily Koehne, the founder and CEO of STEMilyK, an organization dedicated to increasing the amount of women in STEM by highlighting unique STEM careers that girls are often unaware of. Emily accomplishes this by meeting with some of the top women in STEM and interviewing them about their careers, posting all of the interviews on STEMilyK.org so girls can have a panel of women in STEM role models available to them.
“I always loved STEM, but I also had a passion for public speaking, fashion, and history. Because of this, I did not think I belonged in the STEM fields because I did not fit the mold of what society said a STEM girl was. I began to realize that it was my responsibility to redefine what it meant to be a STEM girl. I am now showing girls that they should be proud of any differences they have, because those are our strengths in the STEM fields, not our weaknesses.”Yitzi: Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory”?
Growing up, I was always curious about the world, and asked questions constantly. What I did not know at the time was that the answers to all of these questions were STEM related.
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