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Engineer Yamilee Toussaint Is Empowering Girls By Integrating STEM and Dance

STEM From Dance gives girls of color access to a STEM Education by using dance to empower, educate, and encourage them as our next generation of engineers, scientists, and techies. Yamilee wanted to help others build self confidence while increasing the diversity in STEM.

I Transitioned Into The IT Space With Little Experience And Prevailed

It was there, where leadership saw the potential I had to serve as a cyber professional. I was paired with a mentor who didn’t “have time” to mentor me. He actually expressed to me that the role I was being groomed for shouldn’t have been happening, and that I should have had at least 10 years of experience before being offered the role.

Scientist Jazmine Davis is Curing High Heel Hell One Insole at a Time

Once I began to slowly climb out of my depression, I tried to wear high heels again. I quickly realized that was not going to be an easy walk in the park and that’s when I decided to change my approach and gained interest in shoe design.

Here’s why Google+ is shutting down over the next 10 months

As of October 8, 2018, Google Fellow and Vice President of Engineering Ben Smith announced that the company will be shutting down the consumer version of Google+ over the next 10 months.