About the founder

However, throughout my years of loving all things STEM I have encountered my fair share of gender stereotypes and sexism and noticed how this was heavily affecting the amount of girls participating in STEM based programs. I knew I wanted to do something about this but wasn’t quite sure how. In 2022 I spoke in a panel at Luminosity Youth Summit about gender prejudices inhibiting girls from pursuing careers in STEM. In January 2023 I was awarded ‘Young Leader of the Year' in the Hastings Region, where I was recognised for my leadership, commitment to STEM and breaking stereotypes. After this award I started a girls in stem program at my high school where I worked alongside teachers to create an extracurricular program for a small group of girls in year 7-10 where we explored bionic lungs and organ transplants.

When I finished high school and moved to Newcastle for University, I received a flagship scholarship called the Ma and Morley scholarship read more here. This scholarship is the sole reason I was able to attend University as It gave me financial support and a group of people who believe in me. As part of being a scholar there is a expectation to complete an ‘Action Project’. It is designed to challenge scholars to implement their own initiatives to create positive, lasting change in their personal passions, academic fields, or local communities. So when it came time for me to execute my own action project, I thought of how I want to show young girls their potential in STEM, the opportunities that exist, female role models in STEM and most importantly display that STEM can be fun and is a place girls can feel a sense of belonging. I chose to run this program for girls aged 7-12 rather than high school aged girls as I believe perception of STEM being a ‘boys’ thing is implemented early on in life. It is of great importance that young girls can discover their potential love of STEM early on in life. I feel as though if I had access to something similar to this when I was young it would have impacted me so heavily. I also decided to make this program 100% free and will be volunteering my time as it is something I am incredibly passionate about and coming from a lower socioeconomic background I understand the impact this can have on families. This will allow any girl from the hastings region to access this program.

Not only do I have passion for this program but also have plentiful experience running STEM programs. I attended the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) in January 2023. I then became a student staff leader in 2024 and 2025 where I went through extensive training and development. Furthermore, I assisted with facilitating the program to around 300 students for 2 weeks in Brisbane and Canberra. This involved leading students, acting as a mentor, and running orientation sessions.

Additionally, I currently have three Jobs through the University of Newcastle since 2024, these jobs include;

Science and Engineering challenge, event assistant: I travel around the country and help coordinate hands-on STEM activities for high school and primary school students. Responsibilities include equipment setup, managing school registrations, training volunteers, and guiding student teams through challenges.

SMART (Science, Math, and Real Technology): I assist with running STEM based workshops for primary school students in the Newcastle region. Workshops range from anything such as LEGO robotics to Forensic science.

Hunter WISE (Women in STEM & Entrepreneurship): I visit high schools in the Hunter Region and mentor a group of year 8 girls in creating a STEM based solution to a chosen community issue.