An Aspiring Female Engineer of Color

It’s no secret that this year’s presidential campaign has been anything but uneventful. Media coverage has been following both Clinton and Trump extensively even before each received their respective party’s nomination. Since Clinton is the first woman in American history to receive the presidential nomination, it is a common conception that she is receiving an overwhelming majority of the female vote.  This claim has some truth to it. According to usnews.com, Trump has been repeatedly shown to

We live in a society that is constantly changing yet there are still so many aspects that haven't changed. Women are still constantly faced with stereotypes and are often faced with limitations especially in the work force. Fields like business and politics are still vastly male dominated and women entering these fields are often faced with inequality. Personally, my areas of interest fall under law, politics and international relations. When I looked up the statistics for these fields, I found

As my lifetime role model, preacher, and idol: Beyonce once said: Girls we run this world! With this inspiration, Ladies,the world is ours, and I declare our independence from gender stereotypes on women. Last summer, I was accepted to a summer leadership and debate program in Manhattan. The program selected sixty students from New York to learn and train together for a mock trial competition held at the end of two weeks. The debate groups split into teams of two and my friend Alessandra and I