Women In STEM

Legos, coding and friendly competition collide at St. Louis University High School this weekend.

Jessica Hicklin served 26 years in a maximum security prison for murdering someone when she was 16 years old. While incarcerated, Hicklin taught herself to code and built skills she could use outside of prison. Now, nine months after her release, she's excited to bring that same opportunity to others with UnLocked Labs, which she co-founded with Haley Shoaf.

Metro Theater Company’s latest play is aimed at young girls interested in math and science. Director Julia Flood delves into what it took to put on the theater’s first in-person show since the pandemic began.

Science Coach Executive Director Jill Malcom delves into what the program has to offer science teachers and sixth through 12th graders in St. Louis and across the country. Elijah Jones shares how he went from doing experiments in his front yard to getting a full-ride scholarship to study chemistry.

Chemist Cynthia Chapple is the founder of Black Girls Do STEM, a local organization focused on the empowerment of Black girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. She explains how the organization is trying to combat barriers faced by women of color in the STEM fields.

Retired astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer Catherine “Cady” Coleman is among very few people who have lived in space. But during a visit to St. Louis…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 28, 2009 - The modern feminist movement began in the mid-1960s. Until that time, women with…