STEM Inspired Stories

Download Bookmark Current job: Mechanical Engineer for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (U.S. Navy) What life experiences may have led you to a career in STEM? I have enjoyed mathematics since kindergarten.  I was encouraged by teachers to pursue the sciences. What are some fun and interesting facts about your life with which students might identify? I was born and raised in Ventura. My dad worked as a farm worker for 30+ years. My

Current job: Vice President Of Electrical Engineering at Haas Automation What life experiences may have led you to a career in STEM? Technically-oriented parents. What are some fun and interesting facts about your life with which students might identify? I shorted out my high school in 1969. What other other things should students know about you? I fly airplanes, including the company jet.

Current job: Executive Director of the MERITO Foundation What life experiences may have led you to a career in STEM? A family trip to the Yucatan Peninsula at 11 years old.  What are some fun and interesting facts about your life with which students might identify? For my first job after college, I was a SCUBA dive guide in the Sea of Cortez. I made a Giant Manta friend (14 feet across). She would find me

Download Bookmark Current job: Senior Vice President, U.S. Medical at Amgen What life experiences may have lead you to a career in STEM? I had early exposure to medicine and the importance of helping patients find a personal sense of accomplishment. What are some fun and interesting facts about your life with which students might identify? I have been fortunate to work all over the world in medicine and science. What other other things should

Download Bookmark Current job: Park Ranger/Marine Ecologist/Park Dive Officer at Channel Islands National Park What life experiences may have led you to a career in STEM? I grew up on a tiny island off the coast of Southern California called Santa Catalina Island. As a child, my brother and I spent all our free time in the ocean around our island home. We dived, snorkeled, fished, operated boats, and water-skied from about the time we started walking.