This Pi Day, Let's Celebrate Girls Killing It at STEM

Schools, businesses, nonprofits, governments and militaries around the world are slowly waking up to the need to close the gender gap in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields, and girls are succeeding more every day in these industries and classrooms. We need to do better for girls in many ways, including expanding their opportunities and encouraging their engagement in STEM, but we also need to commemorate every great step along the way. So, on Pi Day—which happens to take place during Women’s History Month—we’re going to celebrate the girls in the last couple weeks who have shown us what the future looks like.

Partnership, Leadership, Growth

The Cookie Sales Go To STEM

Following Through With Higher Ed

Connecting Girls Across the Ocean, Too

When it comes to the case of girls and STEM, I’d like to say to parents and educators: 'If you can’t see it, how can you be it?' There are fabulous examples out there. They may not be the first ones to come up in Google searches, but sometimes they are better than the ones that do. Support us and show us!

Aoibheann’s bluntness is great, isn’t it? With girls like her, Riley, the Lenfest girls, all their peers in the Girl Scouts and across the nation leading the way, male-dominated STEM industries are about to get an influx of talent, perspective and extreme problem-solving potential. Take it from Aoibheann, “I think it should be easier for women to get where they want to go without barriers of ‘it’s a man’s job’ in their way!”

This article was updated March 14, 2024 and originally posted March 13, 2019.