You can be anything you want to be!
Our mission is to inspire kids, specifically young girls, to see themselves as ANYTHING they want to be
while working to remove the unfair obstacles in their path.
while working to remove the unfair obstacles in their path.
Goals
Get kids excited about STEM!STEM is one of the fastest growing industries in the world!
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Foster young girl's
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Create a safe space for kids to explore STEMHigh pressure environments can push kids away from an activity.
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Give relatable and accessible role modelsHaving a role model that comes from a similar background is one of the best ways to keep kids interested in something.
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Change the stereotypes about STEMSTEM is unappealing to girls because of the stereotype that STEM, specifically math, is for boys.
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Sources
Beede, David N., et al. "Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation." Economics and Statistics
Administration Issue Brief 04-11 (2011).
Herrmann, Sarah D., et al. "The effects of a female role model on academic performance and
persistence of women in STEM courses." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 38.5 (2016): 258-268.
Kahn, Shulamit, and Donna Ginther. Women and STEM. No. w23525. National Bureau of
Economic Research, 2017.
Noonan, Ryan. "Women in STEM: 2017 Update. ESA Issue Brief# 06-17." US Department of Commerce (2017).
Reinking, Anni, and Barbara Martin. "The gender gap in stem fields: Theories, movements, and
ideas to engage girls in STEM." (2018).
Toma, Radu Bogdan, and Ileana M. Greca. "The effect of integrative STEM instruction on
elementary students’ attitudes toward science." Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 14.4 (2018): 1383-1395.
Unfried, Alana, Malinda Faber, and Eric Wiebe. "Gender and student attitudes toward science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics." The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University 51 (2014): 1-26.
WHAT IS THE DREAM GAP? (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2020, from
https://barbie.mattel.com/en-us/about/dream-gap.html?icid=all_header_top-nav_dream-gap_p6
Beede, David N., et al. "Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation." Economics and Statistics
Administration Issue Brief 04-11 (2011).
Herrmann, Sarah D., et al. "The effects of a female role model on academic performance and
persistence of women in STEM courses." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 38.5 (2016): 258-268.
Kahn, Shulamit, and Donna Ginther. Women and STEM. No. w23525. National Bureau of
Economic Research, 2017.
Noonan, Ryan. "Women in STEM: 2017 Update. ESA Issue Brief# 06-17." US Department of Commerce (2017).
Reinking, Anni, and Barbara Martin. "The gender gap in stem fields: Theories, movements, and
ideas to engage girls in STEM." (2018).
Toma, Radu Bogdan, and Ileana M. Greca. "The effect of integrative STEM instruction on
elementary students’ attitudes toward science." Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 14.4 (2018): 1383-1395.
Unfried, Alana, Malinda Faber, and Eric Wiebe. "Gender and student attitudes toward science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics." The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University 51 (2014): 1-26.
WHAT IS THE DREAM GAP? (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2020, from
https://barbie.mattel.com/en-us/about/dream-gap.html?icid=all_header_top-nav_dream-gap_p6