Tag Archives: engineering
5Qs with Martha Tejada From IEEE
July 10, 2016 – 5:27 pm
At South by Southwest this year we had the opportunity to meet and chat with Martha Tejada, Digital Community Manager at the Institute of Electrical… more
Help create more Latina engineers, fund DIY Girls Summer Camp
May 15, 2015 – 11:31 am
DIY Girls is working to bring more Latinas to STEM careers, and they need your help. The non-profit organization is currently running an IndieGoGo campaign:… more
6 reasons to donate to DIY Girls
November 24, 2013 – 7:13 pm
DIY Girls is a non-profit aimed at helping girls become excited about engineering before they hit junior high and encourage them to become engineers and… more
Tijuana could be Mexico’s Silicon Valley
March 3, 2013 – 10:41 pm
There was an interesting piece recently that underscored how Tijuana, and the Mexican state of Baja California, is becoming a center for tech innovation. One… more
STEM majors profitable for Latino students
September 17, 2012 – 3:00 pm
A study in Research in Higher Education found that, “majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) proves to be the most profitable for minority… more
Working to bring diversity to Silicon Valley
September 10, 2012 – 3:00 pm
TechCrunch published an interesting interview with Laura Weidman Powers, one of the founders of CODE2040, a non-profit working to match:
high performing black and latino… more
Profile of Luz Rivas, engineering educator
August 15, 2012 – 1:00 pm
There was a really cool profile of a Latina engineer in STEMinist this week, Luz Rivas currently works as an engineering educator at Iridescent. She… more
Geena Davis, UN: “Tech Needs Girls”
July 4, 2012 – 7:35 pm
Actress Geena Davis, who founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, as named as a special envoy to the United Nations to promote… more
