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Girls AND Boys Need STEM Education | Giewee Hammond | TEDxACU

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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As the Lead Data Scientist for Aramco Services with graduate degrees in both Actuarial Science and Predictive Data Analytics, Giewee Hammond understands the importance of STEM education first-hand. So after settling into her career, she founded the Liberia-based NGO Wahjay-STEM to bring science, technology, engineering, and math curriculum to 4th-7th graders. In her TEDxACU talk, Giewee explains the downside of the push to increase STEM education for girls - the lack of STEM funding for co-ed programs, reminding us of the importance of gender diversity in education. As the Lead Data Scientist for Aramco Services with graduate degrees in both Actuarial Science and Predictive Data Analytics, Giewee Hammond understands the importance of STEM education first-hand. So after settling into her career, she founded the Liberia-based NGO Wahjay-STEM to bring science, technology, engineering, and math curriculum to 4th-7th graders.
In her TEDxACU talk, Giewee will explain the downside of the push to increase STEM education for girls - the lack of STEM funding for co-ed programs, and remind us of the importance of gender diversity in education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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