Her Stem Story – Details, episodes & analysis

Women hold only 14% of executive positions in STEM industries, and only 8% of STEM CEOs are women. Research shows that having women in leadership positions is crucial for promoting gender equality and advancing diversity and inclusion in STEM fields. It is also important for innovation and our ability to build more lucrative businesses. The low number of women in leadership positions is a concern for rising talent and today we want to provide you with the right approach to ensure you don’t fall off the career ladder due to lack of a leadership toolkit. 

I am excited to interview Priyanka Shinde today to help you accelerate your leadership growth in Tech. Priyanka is a seasoned Silicon Valley tech leader with over 20 years experience in engineering, product management, and program management. She has previously worked at tech giants like Meta and startups like Cruise where she led highly technical teams launch cutting-edge products in the field of Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), and Advertising Tech. She received her MBA from North Carolina State University and Masters in Computer Science from Arizona State University. Creating a culture of connection, authenticity, and empathy within organizations is her passion which she has cultivated into an executive coaching career helping leaders accelerate their ambitious goals.

In her free time, you can find Priyanka teaching Bollywood dance fitness classes, running or hiking the beautiful Bay Area trails and spending quality time with her husband and son.

Lets talk to Priyanaka to learn more about her stem story and how you can be the leader you’ve always wanted to be

Richa Bansal is a leadership and job search coach with a decade of experience excelling in the corporate world on her own terms. She previously worked with Amazon, leading large-scale programs to help the company hire the best talent on earth, and with Schlumberger, leading a large engineering team to deliver multi-million dollar projects for global oilfield clients like ExxonMobil, Shell and BP.

As one of the only women in the room for most of her career, Richa has seen first-hand the struggles of women as they navigate the corporate ladder. In 2019, she founded Pinkcareers to deliver actionable, no-fluff career advice to ambitious professionals and accelerate their career growth. Richa has partnered with over 20 Fortune-500 companies, universities, and the Government of Canada to deliver her leadership programs, and coached 100s of high-potential professionals on how to ditch limiting beliefs and leverage the power of personal branding to 2X their career, compensation and impact.

Richa earned a Bachelor’s from IIT Delhi in India, a Master’s from Purdue University, and an MBA from Rice University. When she is not working on Pinkcareers, she loves to travel the world with her husband and two little boys. To learn how to work with Richa, reach out at richa@pinkcareers.com.

Website: www.pinkcareers.com

Email: richa@pinkcareers.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richabansal10/

In this episode, Romila Rout will share how she grew her career as a signals engineer in the US. Romila is an electrical engineer from UT Dallas, working full-time in the semiconductor industry and has grown a very cool IG page filled with colors and life!!

Listen now to learn how you can build you can break stereotypes while excelling at your STEM career.

The key points we discussed here are:

1. Romila's STEM story

2. Her best advice to anyone starting in the STEM workforce as a minority. 

3. Her one tip on how to create a good work life balance and how to set boundaries. 

4. How her profession allowed her a traveling and fun lifestyle. 

Follow Romila on IG and linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/romila-rout-493815100

https://instagram.com/romila_rout?utm_medium=copy_link

Alicia Morgan is an award-winning executive leader and a graduate of Tuskegee University with a BS in Aerospace Science Engineering and New Mexico State University with an MS in Industrial Engineering. Her professional experience includes working at Fortune 500 companies such as Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, and Raytheon. As a Public Voices Fellow, TEDx Speaker and keynote presenter she helps attendees learn that there is life after failure. Currently, Vice President of Education and Programs at the Frontiers of Flight Museum she is responsible for managing the development and execution of school and public programs through aviation and spaceflight history. Listen to Alicia's sky soaring STEM story.

Links:

https://www.dallaswomensfdn.org/heritagegivingfund

https://www.flightmuseum.com/womens-network/

TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ayGGbMnvI8

Celebrating Engineers' Week 2019, by interview women engineers from around the world.

Today we are talking to a very special guest one of my college mates from India. Deepty is a backup & DR engineer at an IT firm in India, she went to school for IT engineering and she has a very special passion project. She is one of the very few Indian woman Pakor athletes, and Bollywood stunt woman. Deepty is a fitness coach and a budding fitness entrepreneur! Listen to Deepti to learn more about her STRONG & inspiring STEM Story.

Gender equality needs both genders to work together. I am grateful for the men who pushed me to pursue STEM and excel at STEM. From my father, my thesis professor, men who hired me, men who promoted me to my husband who supports all my career goals. There are some amazing men who are supporting and promoting girls to join STEM. I wanted to interview some of my favorite MEN IN STEM to learn about them and what they think both genders can do to effectively close the gender gap. 

Our guest today is Brian Ballantyne, is a Diversity & Inclusion expert at a Fortune 500 company, he is also the board member of Women in Digital Empowerment (WIDE.lu). As a speaker, he passionately promotes equality in STEM. He is also the author of Confessions of a Working Father, which initiated from his Linkedin #confessionsofaworkingfather. Let's talk to Brian to learn more about how he thinks we can close the gender gap in STEM.

Links: 

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Working-Father-2018-October-ebook/dp/B07JMGJD84

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-ballantyne-336754/

Mini-Series: Men Supporting Women in STEM

Gender equality needs both genders to work together. I am grateful for the men who pushed me to pursue STEM and excel at STEM. From my father, my thesis professor, men who hired me, men who promoted me to my husband who supports all my career goals. There are some amazing men who are supporting and promoting girls to join STEM. I wanted to interview some of my favorite MEN IN STEM to learn about them and what they think both genders can do to effectively close the gender gap. 

With his platform The SciCommunity, Daniel Kennedy provides a platform for women in STEM to share their efforts in delivering the very best in science communication. Dan started this platform with 3 other science communicators a year ago in Jan 2018. With 10,000 plus strong following, the SciCommunity is full of incredible women and male allies who are determined to uplift each other and support each other in communicating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Dan is creating a safe community where women can flourish and where they can showcase their incredible efforts in STEM. Listen to this episode to learn about Dan's STEM story. 

Links: 

Instagram Handles:

https://www.instagram.com/thescicommunity

Women who are a part of the Sci Community:

@silli_scientist @susannalharris @gserratomarks @caimarison @beyond.the.ivory.tower @fakesabah @science.bae @chem.with.kellen @becky.outside @animedia.science

(Dan would like to mention these women and showcase their efforts in making the SciCommunity what it is today and how integral they are to our future)

YouTube:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC6fxBTO3CBo1b7tdQeprZRA

https://www.thebiotaproject.org

Mini-Series: Men Supporting Women in STEM

Gender equality needs both genders to work together. I am grateful for the men who pushed me to pursue STEM and excel at STEM. From my father, my thesis professor, men who hired me, men who promoted me to my husband who supports all my career goals. There are some amazing men who are supporting and promoting girls to join STEM. I wanted to interview some of my favorite MEN IN STEM to learn about them and what they think both genders can do to effectively close the gender gap. 

With a 4 1/2-year-old daughter, women in STEM is a critical part of Jonathan's life. Our guest today, Jonathan Gerlach is an educator, STEMnist and a keynote speaker. He gives keynotes globally and in every keynote highlights his daughter and the need to inspire and empower more girls in STEM activities. As a STEM advocate, he leads the #STEM4All twitter chat. Jonathan believes that STEM is about connections and he tries to connect everyone to the amazing girls & women who are changing our world. Listen now to learn more about Jonathan's wonderful story.

Links:

www.GE-STEM.com

www.twitter.com/STEMigo

Mini-Series: Men Supporting Women in STEM

Gender equality needs both genders to work together. I am grateful for the men who pushed me to pursue STEM and excel at STEM. From my father, my thesis professor, men who hired me, men who promoted me to my husband who supports all my career goals. There are some amazing men who are supporting and promoting girls to join STEM. I wanted to interview some of my favorite MEN IN STEM to learn about them and what they think both genders can do to effectively close the gender gap. 

When I first started this podcast I was so surprised when Fanuel took the time to call me and guide me through the early days of HER STEM STORY. Since then he has supported me on every social media platforms. Today we are talking to Fanuel Mundi, Co-Founder and Co-Director, The Stem Advocacy Institute (SAI) and the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. Fanuel supports women in STEM efforts at Harvard by promoting diverse recruitment efforts for their PhD program. At SAI, Fanuel builds tools and collaborates with organizations supporting women in science. For example, Stories in Science is a tool we built that currently features many stories from women in STEM around the world. They are now working with teachers to include these stories in an effort to supplement classroom instruction. Let's talk to Fanuel to learn more about HIS STEM Story.

Links:

www.storiesinscience.org

www.scireach.org

www.stemadvocacy.org

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/PVWIS/

Organizers: Melissa Paculli, Michelle Rame (HCC); Beth McGinns-Cavanaugh (STCC), Alysha Putnam (GCC); Constance West & Liliana Lagsklodowska (BCC) and Dan Montagna & Yarida Cruz (UMass Center of Springfield).

This is the 2nd part of our 2 part series of our live recording at the #MYSTEMSTORY at UMass Centre of Springfield, which was a part of the #MASSSTEMWEEK celebrations. Listen to Episode 36 for the first part. 

The STEM Starter Academies at Holyoke, Springfield Technical, Berkshire, and Greenfield community colleges, along with the Society of Women Engineers affiliate at STCC, sponsored the networking workshop called #MySTEMStory. Organizers want to build a network for Pioneer Valley women in STEM. The Oct. 24 gathering featured a panel discussion and Q&A was led by us.

The discussion covers how community colleges are working on bridging the gap in STEM fields by making education more affordable, accessible and creating a community to help women students. We also discuss what inspired the panelists to choose STEM. 

Panelists:

1) Carlo Velez Garcia - Originally from Cialis, Puerto Rico. She is a mother and alumni of HCC and Smith College. She has a Masters of Science and now works as a science teacher at Van Sickle Middle School, Springfield. 

2) Michelle Rame -  A non-traditional student, she started school 6 years out of high school after working in the non-profit world. She is an HCC/NSF scholar alumni and is currently a Senior Civil Engineering Student at Western New England University. She is a STEM Ambassador at HCC. She also spent 4 months in China, building a house in China's 2018 SoDecathlonalon. 

3) Mary Berrio - Mary was born in Cali, Colombia and came to the US in 2009. She is the first generation to obtain a higher education degree in her family. She is both a Berkshire Community College and UMass Amherst Alumni and she received her Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. She currently works as the systems engineer for the Littoral Combat Ship ( LCS). She also actively participates in the local Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.