As tech jobs continue to boom in Texas, the diversity of that sector's workforce continues to lag. One school in Central Texas is devoted to diversifying the field.
AUSTIN, Texas — As tech jobs continue to boom in Texas, the diversity of that sector's workforce continues to lag. A Central Texas all-girls STEM school is devoted to closing the gender and racial gaps in the fieldIn the STEM workforce, the scientific study found Blacks represented 9% and Hispanics 8%
Abigail Jaimes is a senior in high school, and she’s already working in biomedicine. In her class, she’s demonstrating a technique of isolating DNS called nano-dropping.Jaimes isn’t a typical high school student, and this isn’t a typical science lab. She’s one of more than 900 future female scientists, techies, engineers and mathematicians attending the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in Austin.
“Greater diversity allows us to become greater problem solvers,” Jaimes said. “We understand others more and more women in the workforce like STEM, it just allows more perspective.” Ana Josephson teaches eighth grade STEM and ninth grade media tech at ARS. She says having hands on education is significant for these young ladies.
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