Black Women and Black Girls in STEM with Kara Branch, MBA

In this segment, you will hear Kara Branch, MBA discuss the importance of Black Women and Black Girls in STEM. She talks about the need for women of color to tap into STEM where you do not see a lot of them in the field. Her oldest daughter was the inspiration for her forming Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation when she stated that she wanted to be a Software Engineer at eight years old. Along with her passion for sharing her experience and education so others do not have to face the trials and tribulations she endured in the workforce etc. 

WHO IS KARA?

Kara Branch, MBA is the Founder and CEO of Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in June 2019 and located in Houston, TX. Black Girls Do Engineer is passionate about developing young women in all areas of STEM. Black Girls Do Engineer provides mentoring, personal growth regimens, STEM projects and activities, and guidance on career paths based on insight from professional women that are leaders in the STEM industry. Our organization goals are to provide access, awareness, and advocate for two million Black-American girls to pursue STEM careers by the year 2050. 

Kara is an alumnus of The Prairie View A&M University and hold a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Business in Executive MBA. Black Girls Do Engineer was founded based on Kara personal experiences in the STEM industry and always wishing she had someone who looked like her to show her the way. Now she is here to be the one who look like you to show you the way. She has gone through a lot of trails but now she has developed a STEM program to help girls ages 9- 21-year-old prepare and thrive the STEM industry. Her STEM program challenges girls to be critical thinkers and encourages girls to choose STEM and they are. Her challenges are paying off. She took girls in her organization who had no STEM background to finalist in the NASAWear Challenge, where they beat out 70 plus teams around the nation. 

In her 5-year career, she has managed 10 plus improvement projects starting at $1 million to multi-million dollars in the Oil & Gas industry and now serve as a Project Manager in the Space Industry. She has served as a Science and Engineering Lead and Diversity & Inclusion Region Chapter Leader for ERG groups in Corporate America. She also holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification and is one semester away from completing her Executive MBA. She was selected to participate in the National Black MBA Association Accelerator Program due to the impacts her STEM program has made not only in Texas, but California and South Carolina as well.

KARA'S GEM

"Always have a plan, do not hold back - Just Do It. Keep Your eye on the PRIZE. Have the drive and determination and stick with it and never give up on yourself because you are always going to have ups as well as downs. If you are a parent, make sure you educate yourself on what STEM is since it is definitely part of the future." 

KARA'S CONTACT INFO

https://www.blackgirlsdoengineer.org/

[email protected]



KARA'S CALL TO ACTION (CTA)

Contribute to the mission of Black Girls Do Engineer https://www.blackgirlsdoengineer.org/donate.html



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