Hidden No More: State Department Program Empowering Women STEM Leaders

INFLUENCE HAS GONE WELL BEYOND OUR SHORES.
>> THERE'S NO MATHEMATICAL FORMULA FOR THAT.
>> THE OSCAR NOMINATED FILM HIDDEN FIGURES GOING GLOBAL WITH 80
U.S. EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD FLOODED BY REQUESTS FOR
SCREENINGS. DOZENS OF COUNTRIES HOPING TO INSPIRE
THEIR GIRLS TO BECOME SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS.
>> THERE WAS ONE FEMALE RSO. >> SOPHIA FROM ARJ
TINA, ONE OF 50 WOMEN BROUGHT TO THE U.S. BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
IN A PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN WITH HIDDEN TALENTS IN
SCIENCE AND MATH. >> YOU CAN'T BE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE.
AND WE NEED STRONG WOMEN, ROLE MODELS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
WITH THEM. >> SPENDING THREE WEEKS WITH AMERICAN
TRAIL BLAZERS LIKE NASA SCIENTIST TAN. >> WHAT MADE YOU THINK
THAT A YOUNG GIRL COULD DO THIS? >> REALLY INSPIRED ME
AND I THOUGHT WOW, I WANT TO WORK IN SPACE. >> ACCORDING TO THE
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WOMEN EARN ONLY ONE-THIRD OF
UNDERGRADUATE S.T.E.M. DEGREES DESPITE ACCOUNTING FOR 60% OF
COLLEGE GRADUATE. >> SO YOU SEE A PROGRAMMER, YOU WILL
SEE ONLY MEN SO THE STEREOTYPES ARE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
>> FLORENCE TAN IS NO STRANGER TO BEING THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE
ROOM. BORN IN MALAYSIA, SHE CAME TO THE U.S. FOR
COLLEGE. STARTING AT NASA IN THE 1980s, WORKING ON
LANDMARK MISSIONS LIKE THE FAMOUS CASSINI PROBE TO SATURN.
>> WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT MENTORING WOMEN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES?
>> BY 2024 THERE WILL BE ALMOST A MILLION ENGINEERING AND
COMPUTER SCIENCE JOBS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THIS
WORK. WOMEN. >> SO WE NEED WOMEN
FOR THESE -- >> WE NEED WOMEN. THIS IS JUST FOR THE
NATIONAL GOOD. >> AN UNTAPPED SOURCE OF BADLY NEEDED TALENT
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