Running the She Can Stem website, social media, and podcasts has taught me a lot of things. It has caused we to change the way I think about social issues and how to approach them. In order to cause a change, you need to bring awareness to the problem and more importantly find a solution. I found a balance of those two things throughout my beat by talking about the problem, why it is occurring, and solutions to changing it. In addition to learning more about my beat through this topic, I learned new skills and techniques. I learned how to record and make a podcast. This includes learning new software, learning how to edit recordings, and learning how to export and change the format of things. I also learned how to run a website, and I realized it is a lot harder than it looks. I found the social media part to be easy because I was already familiar with it. In the future, I plan to use and expand upon what I learned. I want to continue raising awareness for women in the STEM field, and I now have the knowledge and background to better do that.
AMBER JOHNS