Kunesizathu sokuthi kungani oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala Kusho uJacqueline ibizwa nge-STEM Queen.
UMeans wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eSouthbridge, indawo yaseWilmington, Del., enabantu abangaphansi kuka-2,000 XNUMX abaqanjwe ngegama lesidlaliso. Idolobha Lokubulala lase-USA - kufanele. esidumeni sayo njengelinye lamadolobha anodlame esizweni.
Ngokuhlala lapho, bengingavunyelwe ngempela ngaphandle ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala, kusho kusho In The Know. Umama wayengafuni ngibe sendaweni engafanele ngesikhathi esingafanele. Ngakho kwadingeka ngithole into yokwenza endlini . Futhi lokho kwaba yi-STEM.
I-STEM imele isayensi, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela kanye nezibalo.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona uhlobo lokungakhulumi-ke abesifazane abangakwazi ukungena ku-STEM, uhlobo lwe ingilazi uphahla , uhlobo, Kusho kusho. Akekho ngempela okhuluma ngakho, kodwa kukhona.
Ngo-2019 kuphela Amaphesenti angama-28 abasebenzi emikhakheni ehlobene ne-STEM bekungabesifazane. Ukwengeza, abesifazane benza cishe Ngamaphesenti angu-20 ngaphansi kunabalingani babo besilisa emisebenzini efanayo.
Abesifazane bemibala, ikakhulukazi, bakha iphesenti elincane kakhulu yabanikazi beziqu ze-STEM futhi kungenzeka ukuthi babambe imisebenzi ye-STEM ekhokha kancane.
Kodwa azikho kulezi zibalo ezithinte intshisekelo kaMeans ekwenzeni okwakhe ukuhlola nokuhlola isayensi ngesikhathi sakhe samahhala lapho esesikoleni samabanga aphansi.
Ngangizoya esikoleni … [futhi] ngikhulume nabangane bami. Ngingathi, ‘O, ngizamile lokhu kuhlolwa izolo, ngikwenze lokhu namuhla,’ kusho yena. Futhi babengibheka sengathi nginamehlo amathathu. Futhi babethi, ‘Kungani uthanda lokho? Kuyinqaba kakhulu. Akujabulisi lokho.'
UMeans akazange aphazanyiswe ukunganaki kwabangane bakhe. Wavele wacabanga ukuthi kufanele abonise amantombazane ukuthi isayensi empeleni ingaba mnandi - khona-ke azoqonda.
Umqondo wokwenza imicimbi lapho ngingafundisa khona amanye amantombazane ngakho futhi ngenze kube mnandi wangifikela lapho ngineminyaka engaba ngu-12 ubudala, echaza. Ngivele ngihambe. Lapho ngineminyaka engu-13, ngaqala ukusingatha imicimbi yami emikhulu lapho ngamema khona amantombazane angaba ngu-100 avela edolobheni lase-Wilmington ukuba eze osukwini olugcwele lokuzijabulisa nje, ukusebenzelana ngokuhlanganyela nalo futhi asanda kukhula kusukela lapho.
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Izehlakalo ziguqukele ku-Wilmington Urban STEM Initiative, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ehloselwe ukunikeza amantombazane - ikakhulukazi amantombazane anombala - okuhlangenwe nakho okwengeziwe kwesayensi, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela kanye nezibalo.
Inhloso yayo enkulu ukukhuthaza kanye nokunika amandla amantombazane asemancane, angaphakathi kwedolobha ukuthi amukele isayensi, kusho uMeans. Noma kuwumkhakha okusagcwele kuwo abesilisa abamhlophe, ngifuna bakubone ukuthi ungaba umuntu wesifazane webala kodwa ungene kulo mkhakha ube nomthelela.
UMeans ubuke uhlelo lwakhe lusuka kumantombazane angama-30 luye cishe ku-100. Uthemba ukubona ukwanda okufanayo kumaphesenti aphelele abesifazane ku-STEM futhi asize ukusondela ekuvaleni igebe.
Kuzwakala kuzuzisa ukuba nalawo mantombazanyana eza kimi ngemva kwakho konke lokho kuhlela, wonke lawomaviki omsebenzi, nesikhathi, nomzamo owenziwe. Futhi akhuphuka athi, 'Nkosazana Jackie, uyazi, bengicabanga ukuthi kuzoba super boring, umama wami wangidonsela lapha. Kodwa empeleni ngibe nobumnandi obukhulu, futhi ngifuna ngempela ukuza kwesilandelayo,' kusho yena. Kukwenza umomotheke kusuka endlebeni kuya endlebeni ngoba kungenza ngazi ukuthi nginomthelela wangempela.
Okwamanje, uMeans uthemba ukuthi anganweba uhlelo lwakhe kuso sonke isifunda saseDelaware. Bese, izwe lonke.
Inhloso yawo wonke umcimbi engiwenzayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi amantombazane afika kimi emcimbini omkhulu we-Girls Empowerment STEM noma ngiya kuwo ezikoleni noma ezikhungweni zomphakathi, ukwenza isayensi ibe mnandi futhi ifinyeleleke kubo, kusho. Noma ngabe intombazanyana iseCalifornia, ngakolunye uhlangothi lwezwe, ngifuna bazi ukuthi isayensi yinto abangayenza hhayi nje isayensi, kodwa isayensi, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela, kanye nezibalo zizonke. .
Ungasiza u-Means ngomsebenzi wakhe futhi unikele lapha .
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