Empowering Women and Girls with STEM

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Anne-Marie Imafidon is a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education advocate. She believes that by allowing young girls to experience the power of knowledge they can then go on to achieve momentous things in the technology industry.

Anne-Marie found a passion for technology early in life by typing on her father’s computer at the age of 4 years old. At the age of 10, Anne-Marie became one of the youngest people ever to pass a GCSE exam, the UK equivalent to the GED test. She learned how to create and play with technology and these early experiences sparked a quest for technology-based knowledge that she is proud to be able to share with young women today.

After working in the tech industry for years Anne-Marie made the revelation that she was indeed a “woman in technology” and she was part of a dying breed. The number of women working in the technology field has steadily been on the decline, this was an unacceptable statistic for Anne-Marie.

In 2012, she created the STEMettes charity, an organization that helps young women and girls engage with STEM subjects.

The program allows young women to place themselves in situations where STEM is readily used and learn more about how they can parlay this newfound knowledge into a lifelong passion and career.

STEMettes is empowering young women with the power of STEM and proudly operates under their ethos of the 3 f’s: it’s free, fun, and there is always food for the girls. These young women are being exposed to role models in the tech industry and will hopefully use the STEMettes experience to discover new horizens in the technology world.

To find out more about this inspirational charity visit: stemettes.org