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Podcast: Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined
Episode: 193 Cynthia Barnett: For Girls Only--Careers in STEAM
Description: Originally from the West Indies, Cynthia Barnett, Ph.D., from Norwalk CT,retired at age 59 to pursue the question--Why Are There So Few Women in theSciences? Cynthia became CEO and founder of a non-profit program--AmazingGirls Science-- whose goal is to ignite the spark in girls for STEAM (science,technology, art, engineering and math). As a STEAM champion, Cynthia won theInaugural AARP Purpose Award and the Community Innovation and LeadershipAward for the Connecticut Technology Council. At age 79, Dr. Barnett says she“leads a...