Ainissa Ramirez
Materials Engineer
“…Using science, tech and math, you have the tools to change the world.”
Career Highlights
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Science evangelist and author of Newton’s Football and Save Our Science
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Former director of the award-winning science lecture series for children called Science Saturdays and host of two popular-science video series called Material Marvels and Science Xplained
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Holds more than six patents that grant her full ownership and rights of her inventions, most of which help to make materials stronger
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As a little girl, got hooked on a television show called 3-2-1 Contact that featured an African-American girl doing science activities which strongly influenced her to pursue STEM
STEM Gems Club Resources
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Discussion Guide
Articles
This Teacher Wants To Excite Your Inner Scientist
NPR – September 3, 2015