Engaging industry professionals to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in out-of-school STEM education
Women comprise just 30 percent of the nation’s scientists and engineers; of those, only two percent are Black, with Hispanic women making up another two percent (National Science Foundation, 2015). Underrepresentation in STEM professions limits women’s economic mobility (Pew Research Center, 2018) and reduces our nation’s global competitiveness and growth from innovation (National Science and …