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      “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”- Sheryl Sandberg     Sheryl Sandberg is a technology executive and activist.  Although she was not educated in a STEM field, her executive business skills help make her an excellent leader of a STEM company and definitely qualify her as an extraordinary woman in a science, … [Read more...] about Extraordinary Women in STEM: Sheryl Sandberg

    Located on the outer edge of Asuncion in Paraguay, a community lives on a landfill of Catuera. A majority of people living there sell any recyclable materials they find as a source of income. This area is stricken with poverty and a general lack of education: inducing youth towards delinquency and drug consumption. More than 40% of … [Read more...] about The Recycled Orchestra: Transcending Trash into Music

That "the world's largest black nation does not produce cartoons for its children that reflect any of its own culture" is a problem Adamu Waziri was not willing to take very lightly. So much so that in 2008, this animator based in Abuja, Nigeria decide to take matters into his own hands. And thus the concept of Bino & Fino was born. Set in a fictional modern city, Bino … [Read more...] about Unweaving Africa: Meet Bino and Fino

      “Your best champion and cheerleader is yourself. Always be proud of your accomplishments, big or small.”- Ayanna Howard     Ayanna Howard is a roboticist. Her main goal is to implement human intelligence systems into autonomous robotic structures. These are basically just robots that can think for themselves. Ayanna Howard first … [Read more...] about Extraordinary Women in STEM: Spotlight on Ayanna Howard

The Basque people are an indigenous group to the northern part of Spain and a small part of southern France near the western part of the Pyrenees range and the Bay of Biscay—known as the Basque Country. Basques speak the language known as Basque, which is unrelated to any Indo-European languages and is believed to predate Romance languages. Traditionally, Basques have mostly … [Read more...] about Stateless: Exploring the Political Dynamics of Cultural, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities Around the World, This Week’s Focus–Basques