I heard about PLEN through my college's career center. I felt the need to attend this seminar because I'm a chemistry major who plans to have a career in the STEM field and also because I've never heard of STEM policy, so I wanted to see what it was all about. The seminar exceeded my … Continue reading Women in STEM Matter
Category: STEM Policy
Don’t Limit Yourself
Before coming to the PLEN Women in STEM Policy seminar, I had almost no experience in understanding the process behind writing policy, especially at a federal level. I never expected to learn that there are so many different of implications of STEM in policy, from being a congressional staffer advising on policy to being a … Continue reading Don’t Limit Yourself
Women in STEM Policy Helped Me Confirm My Goals in the Field of Science
Since I was little, I have been fascinated with figuring out how the world works, and I found throughout my time in school that science was the way to satisfy my interests. Since beginning college, I have been debating on what to pursue after I earn my degree. Should I go to graduate school to … Continue reading Women in STEM Policy Helped Me Confirm My Goals in the Field of Science
PLEN Showed Me it’s Okay to Not Have a Plan
I had a great time at the PLEN Women in STEM policy seminar. As a start, it was just great to get out and see Washington, D.C. for a week. I had never been there before, and it made me feel important to get to see the White House and Capitol. I even walked past … Continue reading PLEN Showed Me it’s Okay to Not Have a Plan
PLEN Taught Me I Can Be Myself and Still Be Successful
As an undergrad studying Nursing throughout the past 3 and a half years, I have devoted my entire academic career toward learning how to save lives. I became focused on the traditional hospital setting of Nursing. I aspired and still aspire to land myself in an intensive care unit, caring for patients in highly critical … Continue reading PLEN Taught Me I Can Be Myself and Still Be Successful
Women in STEM Policy Renewed My Interest in Health Policy
Since I was 8, I have wanted to be a doctor. But as I approached the end of my junior year I realized that I wanted to use the medical profession to make a difference in peoples’ lives. I just wasn’t sure how best to do this. Before becoming aware of PLEN, I had not … Continue reading Women in STEM Policy Renewed My Interest in Health Policy
PLEN Showed Me that the Possibilities for Me are Endless
Four hours after I had boarded my bus in New York City, I found myself in the Washington D.C. metro, checking Google Maps every five seconds, my suitcase in tow, and riding on the longest escalator I had ever seen in my life. I had come to D.C. only once during an eighth grade school … Continue reading PLEN Showed Me that the Possibilities for Me are Endless
PLEN Taught Me to Live Life as I Pursue My Dreams
I wasn’t really sure what to expect coming into the Women in STEM Policy seminar, and I clearly did not know much about STEM policy, knowing what I know now after attending the seminar. I have to thank Louise Peabody and Marian McKee at STEM for Her for sponsoring my scholarship to the seminar because … Continue reading PLEN Taught Me to Live Life as I Pursue My Dreams
Women in STEM Policy Changed How I View Science
As someone who has always been motivated by the “bigger picture,” I often found it difficult to visualize the role of STEM in the grand scheme of things. Attending this year’s “Women in STEM Policy seminar” has definitely changed the way I think about science. For one week, I had the opportunity of listening to … Continue reading Women in STEM Policy Changed How I View Science
PLEN Showed Me I Can Make a Difference
In late December, Trinity Washington University’s Dean told me about a science and public policy seminar, the PLEN “Women in STEM Policy.” As an undergraduate Biology major who plans to pursue this field, I was immediately interested in attending. Since the university is not a PLEN member school, I was unaware that opportunities like these … Continue reading PLEN Showed Me I Can Make a Difference