Inspiring girls to stay confident in STEM, because their potential starts early.
We believe every girl deserves to feel smart, curious, and capable in science, technology, engineering, and math.
It Started with One Spark of Curiosity
I kept thinking about how early bias and self-doubt develop after reading a report about math confidence gaps among girls as young as six. To change that narrative, one story, workshop, and classroom at a time, I founded STEMinist at School.
A movement to support young girls in seeing themselves as scientists, builders, coders, and creators has emerged from what started as a local passion project. Because we are the first to initiate change.
The Confidence Gap in STEM Starts Early.
By age six, girls are already less likely to associate being “smart” with themselves—and even less likely to raise their hands in math and science. This early self-doubt ripples into fewer girls pursuing STEM in middle school, high school, college, and careers.
We’re here to change that. STEMinist at School exists to provide girls with the support, role models, and real-life experiences that demonstrate they belong in every aspect of STEM—from building robots to asking big questions.
Hi, I’m Liz, the Founder of STEMinist at School
I am a high school student passionate about aerospace engineering and gender equality in STEM. After attending a research presentation at Fondation Dauphine Paris, I was inspired to act on the issue of declining confidence in math among girls as early as 1st grade. I collaborated with Sacrebleu Productions to create an educational animated film, organized a STEM conference for 10th graders at my school, and partnered with Bonpoint to raise $25,000 to renovate my school’s laboratories and to fund my short film. I hope to inspire girls to explore their full potential in math, physics, and computer science to pursue education and careers in STEM.