The MAGIC For Inspiring Diversity In STEM

RALEIGH, N.C. - March 14, 2024 - PRLog -- Our Founder, Moni Singh, sat down with Amber Freeman of CBS17 to discuss how to inspire diversity in STEM fields.

Moni reflected on the days as a leader in Corporate America. During a visit to a supplier factory in another country, she went to the supplier's corporate tower for strategic meetings. There were no women's bathrooms in the corporate tower and that she would need to head back to the factory floor to use the women's restroom! Which she did and there, many women workers approached her, seeing a brown woman in leadership ranks walking with the executive team, asking, "We are merely working on the sidelines here on the floor. How did you get to be up there?"

So, when she founded STEM For Kids, she started creating opportunities for diverse young students to get hands-on experiences with STEM. One of her programs, GeeK Scholars in 2014/2015 offered scholarships to talented underrepresented students.

The key then is to enable MAGIC in those opportunities...

• M - Models: showing role models, real people who are or have done STEM. This helps to break stereotypes, builds confidence and aspirations in young people.
• A - Applications: showcase related careers, products and creations to answer the "so what" for children.
• G - Guidance: human-enabled learning. In the world of Artificial Intelligence, it's even more important to "humanize" the learning experience with real-life coaches especially for the PreK to grade 8 students.
• I - Insights: help children develop insights on how to conduct themselves, be self-assured, develop the 4C skills, the life skills of resilience to deal with rapid changes and challenges.
• C - Curiosity: inspire them by showcasing the breadth of STEM fields. It represents a variety of occupations and skills ranging from computers, engineering to life sciences, installation and repairs.

Moni added that STEM For Kids' 4-Dimensional learning creates such MAGIC in all communities served by a STEM For Kids trained operator.

See the full interview at https://www.cbs17.com/my-carolina/sponsored-content-discover-initiatives-to-get-children-interested-in-stem/ .
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Moni Singh, a recognized trailblazer in the field of STEM education, has been sparking curiosity in young minds by helping teachers and care providers through her creation STEM For Kids®.

STEM For Kids® enables purpose-driven educators and entrepreneurs to bring life- and career-readiness skills to preK-8 children in their communities.

STEM For Kids® ranked #173 on the highly coveted Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 list. With a growing network of STEM For Kids® operators, educators, trained teachers, and franchisees, we have impacted numerous communities across the globe. Add your community now, https://teach4d.stemforkids.net/edu-services

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