Girls and STEM... A Female Engineer's Perspective Part 3.mov

Keynote 3 From Advancing Girls in STEM: An NCGS Symposium at Wellesley College, June 21, 2011. When Dr. Ellen Ferraro graduated as an electrical engineer 20 years ago, her total engineering class had fewer than 20% females. She pictured a future STEM workforce that looked very different. Yet, today, the percentages are relatively the same. Hear her perspective as a professional engineer on why it must change in the future. She'll discuss the key aspect that mentoring plays in making this change, who helped mentor her to go into and remain in a STEM field… Video by YouTube channel.