Yamilée Toussaint, STEM From Dance

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Yamilée Toussaint grew up dancing and watching her mechanical engineer father at work. She always loved math and earned her bachelor’s degree from MIT, where she was one of the only Black women in her engineering program. While teaching in Brooklyn, she saw how young girls of color believed that STEM – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics -- wasn’t for them. So, in 2012, she created STEM From Dance, a nonprofit program where girls of color choreograph dances and incorporate STEM elements into their performances. Toussaint and her organization have empowered more than 2,000 girls across the US.

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