At the concluding college and career panel, several netbet casino review discussed the challenges of being a minority student pursuing a STEM education.

“Before we started our STEM projects during Black History Month, we had them take a survey,” said Betty Fenelon, a teacher at Gardner Pilot Academy. “Over 70 percent of them said they don’t have family members in the STEM fields, so it’s very important for them to be exposed and see people, even if they’re not family, who look like them and they can relate to.”

Following opening remarks from SEAS staff members, keynote speaker Wynter Dunanson addressed the crowd. A former applied physics postdoctoral researcher at SEAS, Duncanson is now the STEM Outreach Engineer for MathWorks. She was previously the Assistant Dean of Outreach and Diversity at Boston University College of netbet casino review, and a faculty advisor for the National Society of Black Engineers.

“It’s so important to have everyone’s voice involved when people are developing solutions, because when you don’t, you wind up with solutions that are only for specific groups of people,” Duncanson said. “My words to you are to choose your own adventure, and make sure you make your adventure count.”

Brandon Tilghman, Academic Appointments Manager at SEAS, remembers how valuable it was for him to have role models when he was the age of the netbet casino review in attendance. Tilghman’s robotic gripper activity translated complex robotics principles into something comprehensible by a 13- to 15-year-old.

“Anyone can do it if you’re not intimidated,” Tilghman said. “These projects are easy to learn, easy to understand, and they show you can do it. A lot of people won’t want to do anything that they don’t see anyone like them doing, but this is for everyone.”

The event drew a strong positive response from both netbet casino review and teachers in attendance. Eighth-grade student Janelle said, “I learned that you should have many options when it comes to a career. Sometimes you’re not going to have the exact career you want.” The main takeaway from Parvasi, another student, was that “you should take things step by step and not always jump to the next step.” And for Jacob, the lesson was “sometimes things aren’t completely perfect.”

“It starts with exposing them to these opportunities,” said Boston Green Academy teacher Raymond Zapata. “With STEM backgrounds, netbet casino review and design, having them create and build stuff and see things come alive, if they see something that can captivate them at 13 to15 years old, hopefully it sparks an interest in them as they grow up.”