GSA wants to educate young girls on women role models in STEM fields so they can aspire to become like them. We conduct events with women role models in STEM to inspire young girls and help them break negative societal stereotypes about girls in math, engineering, and computer science.
Below are some profiles on women role models in STEM fields and their accomplishments. See how these amazing women have overcome and negative stereotypes proving that girls are indeed great in STEM.
Debjani Ghosh is the first female president of NASSCOM. At NASSCOM, she works with the government and commercial industry to strengthen innovation culture in India and open new opportunities for the IT industry. She strongly believes that technology has the power to enhance lives and impact humanity positively when used well. She is a strong advocate for gender diversity and representation in STEM. We should take her quote to heart: “It’s time for women to stop second-guessing ourselves and start believing that we are the best at what we do. If you don’t, no one else will believe it.” 
Katherine Johnson made huge contributions to American space history. She played a large role in calculating trajectories for the first American in space and the Apollo 11 flight to the moon. Her trailblazing work during the Space Race made her a historical figure for African American women in science. Katherine says she ignored the racial and gender barriers, and even pushed to be included in editorial meetings, where no woman had been allowed before. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. 
Edith Clarke was an electrical engineer who worked as a “computer” in the early 1900s. She performed difficult mathematical calculations before technology advanced enough to do this was invented. Though she struggled to find work at a time when women were not given many jobs in STEM, she overcame these barriers to become the first professionally employed female electrical engineer in the United States. She is one of the trailblazers for women in STEM and engineering and is now in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. 
Sally Ride was the first American woman to travel into space (1983). She earned a PhD in physics from Stanford University after doing research on the interaction of X-rays. Before her first space flight, Ride faced gender stereotypes and media backlash, but she claimed that she only saw herself in one way: as an astronaut. After working at NASA, she worked as a professor and director of the California Space Institute. She also founded Sally Ride Science, an organization supporting students interested in STEM. 
Radia Perlman developed the Spanning Tree Protocol, a creation that made the development of the internet possible. She was a pioneer for teaching children to program, as she developed a child-friendly version of an education robotics language. When studying at MIT, she was one of the 50 women out of over 1000 students. She said that she got used to being one of the few females, but later felt that it was weird and wished to change it. In addition to STP, she created many other protocols, which earned her the title “Mother of the Internet.”