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Podcast: Latinas From The Block To The Boardroom
Episode: Skincare, Healthcare, DNA and Latinas. More STEM Mijas please.
Description: Have you heard the heartbreaking percentage of Latinas representing only 2% in STEM fields?? Yeah, SMH! How does this work, when we use so many manufactured products for our monthly hygiene, make-up, and medicine? I found out from Carly Tompkins, STEM Molecular Biology and BioInformatics student at San Jose State, that "precision medicine" is becoming a thing! Not only that, but she is helping other Mijas with "Girls Who Code.org," a partnership with the Silicon Valley Hispanic Foundation, to provide visual learning to girls in elementary and middle school. She is making moves in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to...