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Podcast: Conexiones: Latinos en Tech
Episode: SHPEtinas: Empowering Latinas in STEM: Ximena Aristizabal, Andrea Sanchez Sours and Stephanie Serrano
Description:
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is a US-based non-profit that has been preparing students from a hispanic background for careers in STEM since 1974. We recorded this episode at their 2018 national conference in Cleveland, Ohio where more than 7000 engineering students and professionals met for 4 days of workshops and networking.
In 2015, in the midst of the #IlookLikeAnEngineer movement 3 young Latina Engineers and SHPE members felt that there was something missing from the conference: A space where female students could talk and learn about topics specific to their experiences and where they could celebrate and empower each...