DAVID: ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET
YOUR CHILD INTO MORE STEM
RELATED ACTIVITIES?
SANTA FE HAS YOU COVERED.
THEY OFFER A VARIETY OF
PROGRAMMING AND MENTORING
SERVICES FOR ALL YOUTH
ESPECIALLY THOSE
UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM.
ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS IS STEM
PATHWAYS FOR GIRLS PROGRAM.
CRYSTAL SPOKE WITH THE FOUNDER
AND CEO OF STEM SANTA FE TO FIND
OUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS
INSPIRING YOUNG GIRLS ALL ACROSS
NEW MEXICO.
CRYSTAL: WE HAVE THE FOUNDER AND
CEO OF STEM SANTA FE.
GOOD MORNING.
CRYSTAL: THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS GREAT
ORGANIZATION AND YOU GUYS HAVE A
PROGRAM COMING UP FOR THE YOUNG
LADIES IN NEW MEXICO.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, CAN YOU
TELL ME WHAT STEM SANTA FE IS?
STEM SANTA FE IS A
LOCAL NEW
MEXICO LAW PROFIT AND OUR
MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE AND
DEVELOP AND
OFFER PROGRAMMING IN
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING
AND MATH FOR YOUTH, ESPECIALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON PROVIDING
PROGRAMS FREE AND REACHING OUT
TO COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO AS WELL AS RURAL AREAS
AND WE TRY HARD TO RECRUIT
STUDENTS FROM HISPANIC AND
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AS
WELL AS SPECIFICALLY FOR GIRLS
TOO.
CRYSTAL: YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL
CONFERENCE COMING UP FOR GIRLS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE STEM PATHWAYS
FOR GIRLS.
STEM PATHWAYS FOR GIRLS
PROGRAM IS A MONTHLY PROGRAM
THAT AIMS TO INCREASE THE GIRLS
INTEREST IN STEM AND BOOST THEIR
INTEREST IN STEM, SPECIFICALLY
STEM CAREERS.
THE WAY WE DO IT IS PROVIDING
HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS LED BY
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN STEM WHO
WILL WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE
GIRLS IN A SMALL GROUP AND NOT
ONLY SHOW THEM AN INTERESTING
PROJECT THAT IS CUTTING EDGE AND
WORK WITH THEM ON BUILDING IT,
BUT ALSO PROVIDE THEM AS A ROLE
MODEL FOR THE GIRLS THAT THEY
CAN AIM FOR A CAREER IN STEM AND
THIS ACCESS IS NOT FAR OFF.
CRYSTAL: THE GIRLS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, WHAT GRADE LEVEL
IS IT?
THE PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY
FOR 5TH GRADE TO EIGHTH-GRADE
GIRLS.
WE THINK THIS IS THE AGE GROUP
THAT THE GIRLS NEED AS MUCH
BOOST IN THEIR INTEREST AND IN
THEIR CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN
AIM HIGH AND THAT THEY CAN
THINK
ABOUT A CAREER IN STEM.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A MONTHLY
PROGRAM, THE KICK OFF EVERY
SCHOOL YEAR WHERE ABOUT 200
GIRLS COME TOGETHER WITH ABOUT
15 TO 20 WOMEN IN STEM PROVIDING
THEM WITH WORKSHOPS IN ADDITION
TO KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND OTHER
VISITATIONS.
WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT
DESPITE THE PANDEMIC.
AND THIS TIME THE CONFERENCE IS
GOING TO BE VIRTUAL.
CRYSTAL: AND THERE IS A SPECIAL
DEDICATION.
TELL ME WHO THE CONFERENCE IS
DEDICATED TO.
LINA:
THE CONFERENCE IS
DEDICATED TO THE LEGACY OF RUTH
BADER GINSBURG.
I WAS THINKING THAT AS WE WERE
PLANNING THE CONFERENCE AND SHE
PASSED AWAY THAT GIRLS 10 TO 14
YEARS OLD MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO SHE
IS AND WHAT SHE STANDS FOR SO WE
ARE DEDICATING THE CONFERENCE TO
HER SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE SHE WAS
THE ULTIMATE ROLE MODEL FOR
PERSEVERANCE AND HARDWARE AND
HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S
RIGHTS FOR GIRLS SO GIRLS WILL
HAVE CHOICES.
CRYSTAL: I LOVE IT.
I KNOW THIS ONE IS VIRTUAL.
FOR OUR VIEWERS AT HOME WHO ARE
THINKING MY DAUGHTER WOULD LOVE
TO GET INVOLVED, I WOULD LIKE TO
ENLIGHTEN HER AND GET HER
INVOLVED, HOW CAN THEY DO SO?
LINA: REGISTRATION
IS NOW OPEN
AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE.
IT IS OPEN FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
OUR WEBSITE HAS ALL THE
INFORMATION AND ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT WEBSITES THAT WE ARE
OFFERING.
AND OUR WEBSITE IS WWW.
STEMSANTAFE.ORG.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH THE
CONFERENCE IS VIRTUAL, IT IS
STILL HANDS-ON, IT IS STILL
GOING TO HAVE SMALL GROUPS
WORKING ON PROJECTS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MATERIAL
DISTRIBUTION DAYS WHERE AFTER
THEY REGISTER, THEY WILL RECEIVE
AN EMAIL ABOUT WHERE ARE WE
GOING TO BE WITH ALL OF THE KIDS
ASSEMBLED FOR EACH WORKSHOP SO
THEY WILL GET THE MATERIALS SO
THAT THEY CAN INTERACT AND
ENGAGE WITH OUR WORKSHOP
PRESENTERS.
CRYSTAL: IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT
PROGRAM.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
LINA: YOU FOR JOINING US, FOR
SPREADING THE WORD AND LETTING
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
DAVID: IT IS 8:48.