Female STEM professionals are less visible and paid less than their male counterparts.
.videocontent{position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%}.tvplayer > div {position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} Tech & Science As viral images go, scientists couldn’t have asked for a better one-two combo. On April 10, the first-ever image of a black hole and its burning ring of gas was seen around the world. Next came a different kind of caught-in-the-moment radiance—the overjoyed reaction of Katherine Bouman, whose algorithm played a role in the black hole’s capture.
One solution to the problem, both now and for the next generation, is to provide girls with STEM role models. In other words, we need more viral images like Katie Bouman’s—and of Feryal Özel, Sara Issaoun, Sandra Bustamante and the dozens of other women who worked on the project. For girls, seeing someone who looks like them, as well as understanding how that woman got to where she is, buoys them with courage to chase their dreams.
Over the next few months, the American Association for the Advancement of Science will lead a selection process, wherein 100 female STEM professionals, representing both conventional and unique careers, will be named AAAS If/Then Ambassadors. For two years, they’ll be coached on how to engage with middle-school girls on a national platform, develop their own press kits, engage in photo and video shoots and receive tutorials from communications experts.
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