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In the last episode of the Girls in STEM series, we discussed potential solutions that FIRST Teams can implement in the future to aid in overcoming the prevalent disparity in STEM!

In this episode, we invited our guest speaker, Ms. Jessica Gupta (social worker, therapist and Rochester Community Schools Board of Education Trustee) to share her views on the topic!

In this episode, we discussed various solutions to overcome these stereotypes, and the initiatives the FEDS and Matrix have taken!

In this episode, we further spoke about gender stereotypes in STEM and discussed the question - "Have women been missing or have they been excluded?"

In this episode, we spoke about inferiority of women in STEM, and the various stereotypes prevalent.

In this podcast, we spoke about the Global STEM Curriculum we designed, in collaboration with FTC Team Up-A-Creek Robotics #11260, Team Quality Control, Team Justice, Team AIM Robotics #18657 and FRC Team FEDS 201. The curriculum is going to be used used to train underprivileged students in STEM from countries across the world.

In our podcast on advocacy with the FEDS 201 and 2 other teams from Michigan, we spoke about initiatives we have taken to promote inclusivity, equity and diversity in STEM.

In pt. 2 of our podcast with Team Up-A-Creek Robotics, we discussed about their success at FTC Worlds!

In our podcast with Team Up-A-Creek Robotics #11260 that reached the Finals at Worlds, we spoke to them about the technical aspects of their bot and also shared our portfolios, to gain inspiration and improve!

In part 4 of our podcast with Team Peppers, we continued our discussion about their outreach and how they manage their time!