Like many women, I push myself to the max. In science, in training, in research. When you underestimate us, you make us stronger. Together, we are the change. Together, we can face anything. Rewind to my elementary school years; I was six years old, living life, mastering how to kick around a soccer ball at practice, minding my own business, and BAM! I learned about space. My mind was so blown that I remember asking my dad if “space was real,” and “if people had ever been there before?” From that moment on I couldn’t get enough. By the time I was eight, I set foot at my first space camp and I’ve never looked back. I decided early on that space was for me, science was for me, and STEM was for me. But I couldn’t be the only one. Where were all the other girls who shared my passion for science and STEM? While my early years at space camp were composed of a nearly equal number of boys and girls with no clear gender gap in sight, it didn’t take long for me to witness the inevitable dropof...
