Kara Branch
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Inspiring Change: How 'Black Girls Do Engineer' is Transforming STEM for Young Black Women
When award-winning chemical engineer Kara Branch, 34, from Houston, Texas, noticed she was often the only Black woman in her classes at Texas A&M University and later in her professional career, she recognized a significant issue. This observation led her to wonder why so few Black women were entering STEM fields despite the projected need for 3.5 million STEM jobs by 2025.
