Answers Unleashed: Meghan Markle and UK Royals Promote STEM
Hosted by Olympia LePoint
Meghan Markle with the help of soon-to-be husband, Prince Harry, celebrated International Women’s Day in Birmingham by speaking to 90 students at Millennium Point. At the event, Meghan Markle encouraged young girls to follow careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and suggested branching out into these careers as women. As a fellow American, mixed-woman-of-color like Meghan Markle, I was overjoyed. For I am a woman who has launched rockets and who promotes STEM education as a TEDx speaker and author. There was POWER in this announcement on International Women’s Day for three reasons.