Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? From an early age, when I was still in school, I liked science and more specifically how everything around us can be described. That is why I chose Physics for...
Testimonials
Greece
Rania Pinaka – General Practitioner/Coordinator in a Local Primary Healthcare Unit (TOMY) of Ampelokipi Larissa, 5th Regional Health Authority.
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I choose to become a doctor because Health is a priority for all of us. Then I choose Family Medicine because I realized that prevention is better than cure....
Ourania Areta – Assistant Professor – HEI
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? When I was an undergrad student, I had never thought that one day I would be educating students in this field. My career started at the private sector and my...
Τριανταφυλλιά Κολέτσα – Αναπληρώτρια καθηγήτρια Γενικής Παθολογίας και Παθολογικής Ανατομικής, Ιατρική Σχολή, Α.Π.Θ.-Πανεπιστημιακό Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Θεσσαλονίκης «ΑΧΕΠΑ»
Πείτε μας κάποια πράγματα για την επαγγελματική σταδιοδρομία σας.Γιατί διαλέξατε ένα επάγγελμα στο επιστημονικό πεδίο του STEM;Ενθάρρυναν οι γύρω σας το ενδιαφέρον σας για τις επιστήμες του STEM; Μπορώ να πω ότι η επαγγελματική μου σταδιοδρομία, όπως εν μέρει...
Ιατρού Παρασκευή – Εκπαιδευτικός / Επιμορφώτρια Ενηλίκων Υπεύθυνη εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων STEM
Πείτε μας κάποια πράγματα για την επαγγελματική σταδιοδρομία σας.Γιατί διαλέξατε ένα επάγγελμα στο επιστημονικό πεδίο του STEM;Ενθάρρυναν οι γύρω σας το ενδιαφέρον σας για τις επιστήμες του STEM;Στην αναζήτησή μου ως εκπαιδευτικός καινοτόμων προσεγγίσεων για την...
Zoe Apalla – Doctor, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? STEM professions are related to the fundamental sciences of mathematics, physics and biology. They answer questions with a logical cause-and-effect relationship....
Sofia Almpani – PhD student and Researcher at School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (NTUA) and Teacher in Elementary School
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? Even though I started my “career” as a teacher in primary school, I soon realized that I was missing one of my truly-loved fields: Mathematics. It was then that...
Marie-Noelle Duquenne – Education Sector, Professor at the University of Thessaly
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? After my PhD in French University, I work in Research Center in Athens (Foundation for Mediterranean Studies) during 8 years and then I had the opportunity to...
Italy
Chiara Damante – Quality Assurance
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? When I attended the school, I liked to study different subjects, as literature, math, latin, but scientific subjects were simpler for me. I like that scientific...
Marzia Messina – Architettura
Raccontaci del tuo percorso professionale.Perché hai scelto una professione STEM?Il tuo interesse per STEM è stato incoraggiato? Il mio interesse per l’architettura credo (mi piace pensarla così) sia iniziato sin da quando ero bambina. Infatti, da piccola immaginavo...
Marcella Pizzuto – Architect, Maker and STEAM Educator
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged?Thanks to FabLab Palermo I have become a STEAM Educator, organizing and conducting courses and workshops for both students and teachers, working assiduously in...
Francesca Lupo – Health&safety manager/Tecnico operativo
Raccontaci del tuo percorso professionale.Perché hai scelto una professione STEM?Il tuo interesse per STEM è stato incoraggiato? Ho fatto il liceo classico sperimentale in matematica e informatica. Ho scelto di iscrivermi in ingegneria edile architettura perché ero...
Eleonora Sortino – Settore tecnico amministrativo – consulente aziendale
Raccontaci del tuo percorso professionale.Perché hai scelto una professione STEM?Il tuo interesse per STEM è stato incoraggiato? Ho sempre amato le materie scientifiche e più di tutte la matematica sin da quando ero piccola. Ho quindi voluto improntare il mio percorso...
Eleonora Ferrante – Docente di matematica e scienze scuola secondaria di I grado
Raccontaci del tuo percorso professionale.Perché hai scelto una professione STEM?Il tuo interesse per STEM è stato incoraggiato?Penso che la formazione STEM abbia stimolato lo sviluppo di un diverso approccio al lavoro, ha ispirato la creatività necessaria per...
Luxembourg
Stéphanie Walter – Lead UX Designer at Maltem
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I always loved computers. My teacher in 4th grade introduced us to an old computer with those 8-inch floppy disks. The computer was already super old at that...
Roxana Maurer – Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg, IT & Digital Innovation Department Coordinator Digital Preservation
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I come from Romania, a former Communist country. During (at least) the last Communist years there were plenty of women working in different STEM fields and I...
Reyhan Baykara – Digital Marketing Specialist
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I have an innate curiosity and I am self-learner. I learned many digital marketing and social media management tools, photoshop and some coding mostly by myself....
Natalia Cassagnes – Project Officer ‘’Smart ICT and Technical Standardization’’ – Big data and Artificial Intelligence
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? My career path started with my Master’s in mathematical linguistics. It is a fascinating field that requires both language proficiency and solid mathematics...
Mouna Balghouthi – IT sector – Data scientist
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? During my childhood, I wanted to be an engineer like my father. He is an electrical engineer. My mother was a Physics highschool teacher. So physics and maths...
Michèle Mianza Kikamba – Biotechnologist , Applied and computer science | Owner and CEO of 2mk Healthcare, Digital Health
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? My Career Path I studied Biochemistry in high school and Biotechnology at University of VUT in South Africa. My career as a biotechnologist, specializing in...
Marie Gallais – Research and Technology associate in IT for Innovative Services
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? My initial degree was in Social and Management Sciences and this really helps me to better understand and address the issues in the relationship between humans...
KONGO Grâce – Work as Tester in the public sector
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I think STEM Profession is a dynamic and interesting domain. I like particularly the fact that this sector allows continuous learning and branding. This...
Cindy Gusmini – Consulting Finance/ IT Manager of the Business community at Maltem Luxembourg
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? My career path is not really linear.I studied History at university, then I switched to accounting and I finally had a Master in Financial Analysis.I chose a...
Christina Schenk – Research, Postdoctoral Researcher
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? My favorite subjects in high school were always languages and math. When I finished high school and I was supposed to make a career decision, I completed diverse...
Spain
Paloma Sánchez Gómez – Full stack developer, app development teacher
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I really enjoyed Maths and Computer Science when I was in High School. My family has always supported me in what I wanted to study and my best friend went to...
Katherine Alexandra Chuquimarca Yánez – Telecommunication System Engineer, Computer Science Teacher
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? The main reason why I decided to study Engineering and dedicate my career to STEM is because I really wanted to belong to the new world’s development and be part...
Ester García Valiente – VET teacher in the Health field
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I chose a STEM program at University because I was very curious and interested in Sciences. I have a special interest for scientific dissemination. I think that...
Deyanira González – 3D animation Teacher of interactive environments
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? -In 2012 I went to Madrid because it was one of the few places where you could study the official university studies in video games.When I graduated, I felt I...
Anna Martorano Oliver – Animation and computer graphics
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? After considering journalism as a future major, I saw in media a chance of future and enjoyment. In this major I had the chance to learn about 3D animation and...
United Kingdom
Virginia Herrera Larios – Hydrocarbon sector, Strategic Planning Manager
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I studied chemical engineering and a master’s degree in business. I got a Project Management Professional certificate too. I worked for Ica fluor Daniel,...
Dr Melissa Butt – STEM Education Director
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I was inspired by my humerous Biology teacher at school and the lead actress who played the role of a microbiologist in the 1995 movie called Outbreak.The only...
Jessica Zeun
Current workJessica’s STEM highlights have been creating her business ‘Zeun Digital’ and then taking the plunge to move away from this to collaborate with one of her customers after they offered her company the opportunity to join them. Together, they are building...
Captain Emma Henderson MBE – CEO Project Wingman, Former Airline Captain
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged? I originally went to University with the intention of becoming a lawyer. Whilst there I discovered the University Air Squadron which I joined and spent 2 years...
Amani El-Kholy – Academic
Tell us about your career path.Why did you choose a STEM profession? Was your interest in STEM encouraged?When choosing my subjects in secondary school I was drawn to the sciences. This was encouraged to a certain extent but the class size was very small and with very...