Before connecting with YWCA's Femme2STEM program, Heena was struggling to get her foot in the door to start her career in STEM. Despite Seattle having a robust STEM industry; women of color are underrepresented in STEM careers. The program focuses on increasing STEM opportunities for underrepresented women of color to thrive in STEM careers and pay it forward to their communities.

Femme2STEM is a program redesign of the GirlsFirst program which provided young girls in Seattle mentorship and career exploration since 1997. Femme2STEM has scaled the original model to focus specifically on STEM and career development. Students develop STEM skills and gain STEM internship opportunities for free.

Learn more about Femme2STEM and how you can get involved at https://www.ywcaworks.org/programs/fe...

This video was played as part of YWCA's 2024 Inspire Luncheon: Blazing Trails for the Future on September 19, 2024. Video production credit to Tideway Creative https://www.tidewaycreative.com/