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Women@NASA Website Encourages Girls to Pursue STEM Careers

Edited by Alan Gray, NewsBlaze

NASA has expanded its Women@NASA website to include Aspire 2 Inspire, a new feature aimed at helping middle school girls explore education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

The site features four short films and one overview film that explore the careers and backgrounds of early-career women who work for NASA in each of the STEM areas. A list of community organizations and NASA-affiliated outreach programs with a STEM emphasis also is available.

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The site also features four Twitter feeds where visiting girls can interact with and submit questions to the young women featured in the films.

"We have an opportunity to reach out to the next generation and inspire today's girls to pursue science and technology careers," said Rebecca Keiser, the agency's associate director for agency-level policy integration and representative to the White House Council on Women and Girls. "Expanding opportunities in these fields will give our country perspectives and expertise that will help us out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the world. It's key to our future."

NASA associate administrator for education, Leland Melvin, was keynote speaker at the STEM Summit in St. Louis. Melvin was also a presenter at the first annual S.E.T. (Science, Engineering and Technology) Awards in LA, California.

"Encouraging students to pursue STEM disciplines is so very important. It offers students exciting job opportunities. For NASA and the nation, building the STEM pipeline will ensure that we have a robust, high-tech workforce for the future."
- Leland Melvin, NASA associate administrator for education

Visit the Women@NASA website

Also see: Diverse Collaboration Spreads The STEM Education Message