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About Simran
​Simran Kulkarni is currently a sophomore from Mechanicsburg, PA, and she attends Cumberland Valley High School. She is extremely passionate about increasing the number of girls involved in STEM. She joined her first robotics team when she was ten and since then has been in love with all aspects of STEM. She also noticed a lack of female representation in activities heavily based on science, technology, engineering, and math. She started a mission to increase female participation in STEM-based activities in and around her community. Simran participates with the FIRST organization, is part of a robotics team in her area, and is also part of her school’s Science Olympiad team. She is also passionate about dance and has been dancing since the age of six. She also loves cooking, reading, teaching, and music.

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This year, Simran was selected as an EngineerGirl Ambassador by the National Academy of Engineering. As a part of the program, she is starting a club for underprivileged girls in her community. This club will focus on all areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This club will focus and shed light on major engineering fields such as robotic engineering, chemical engineering, and computer engineering because these are fields where there is a lack of female representation. At each meeting, she will teach a lesson on a STEM concept or a specific career in the STEM field. After teaching students about the new concept, they will use the skills acquired in a STEM-based activity. The club includes girls from third through seventh grade. The club will have other strong young women as guest speakers to provide the girls with role models. As a part of her project, Simran will be working with STEM leaders and Ambassadors around the country as well to provide the best experience possible for the club. Simran's hopes for the project are to help provide more girls with the resources they need to succeed in the STEM field. Although many people try to argue that girls do have the opportunity to pursue careers in STEM, they tend to forget that there is still a strong stigma around girls in STEM, and it is still socially normal for STEM to be male-dominated. When she was younger, Simran would feel outcasted while participating in STEM activities because of the lack of female representation. She hopes that other girls do not go through the same negative experiences that she went through, and she hopes that she can be a part of the solution. ​

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December 10, 2020
In our area, we have many girls interested in science and engineering and STEM altogether, but many do not have the facilities to nurture their interests. In Pennsylvania education, many policies cause schools to teach about STEM at an early age. However, in schools that do not have adequate funding, kids cannot fuel their STEM interests. As a result, there is less interest in the club and STEM likewise. I was shocked about how the younger girls were affected by this. Even though they wanted to participate in these activities, they soon lost interest because the activities did not help spark their imagination enough to keep them interested. 

Especially now, due to covid, many girls don't have the inspiration to follow their passions and interests because they may find it hard to muster up motivation in these times. COVID-19 has taken a toll on many of us, especially kids, because they find it hard to cope without seeing their friends and classmates. We must find time to do things that make us happy. Learning new skills, joining calls with our friends, or just about anything that brings us joy can help us feel better during these challenging times. As a part of my Girls in STEAM club, we are making sure that all the girls involved have a safe place to communicate with their friends while also learning new skills and learning about strong women in STEAM. 

For anyone reading this, make sure you find time for yourself away from the stress of COVID because everyone deserves some time to relax.
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