DAME MAGAZINE – When it comes to inspiring young women to enter science and engineering, few have done as much as Kari Byron, the host of MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. She’s not only a fine artist and mother of a 3-year old, but also a…
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A Commute Too Far
WALL STREET JOURNAL – Every weekday morning, Brian Boudreau, 52, leaves his house in Temecula, Calif., at 5 a.m. to go to work. It takes him 45 minutes to drive to a Metrolink train station and another hour by rail to get to his…
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‘Star Trek’s’ Nichelle Nichols on How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed Her Life
WALL STREET JOURNAL – Best known for playing Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer on the original 60’s ‘Star Trek’ television series, Nichelle Nichols is one of the first African-American women to be cast in a role other than stereotyped black maid or nanny. She…
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From Top Gun to Tech Guru
WALL STREET JOURNAL – It had been pouring rain when Eric Voskuil rode his motorcycle to the Navy recruiting office in Albany, N.Y., intending to enlist. He had just quit an internship at International Business Machines Corp. where he was learning programming; he thought…
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A Tale of a Young Boxer’s Redemption
WALL STREET JOURNAL – Titan Gilroy’s first act began on the run. His mother fled to Hawaii to escape an abusive husband. And despite a few years of homelessness, she managed to keep her children in school. The move was a difficult adjustment for…
