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Prior to beginning her freshman year at the Ninth Grade Center, Josy Teson had decided on a
Prior to beg
g
care r ath
career path. Teson plans to make robotic prosthetics “when she grows up” and already has a great
career path. Te
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st art on building
start on buildin her resume`.
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By third grade, she had her first taste of robotics through her school and competed in the First Lego
By third grade,
hird ra e
d
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L g e through scouting. At Troy Middle School, she was one of a handful of female students in the
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Technology Student Association and one of only three females on the eighth grade robotics team. She was
Technolo y tudent
Technology Student
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e t
in charge f programming the robot.
i charge of program
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rogram
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Through her robotics experiences, this young scientist has noted she is entering a male-dominated field.
Through her robotics
hr ugh her ob t
g
Last year at a competiti in Belton, Missouri, 30 middle and high school robotics teams competed. With
Las e
Last year t competition
mpetit
ti
approximately six studen per robotics team, Teson estimates only nine female competitors of the 180
students
appr
ap r x matel six stud
approximately s studen
ely
students. Females comp
s udents e ales comprised 5% of the competition and a third of the female students were from Teson's
students. Females comp
nts.
e
school.
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school.
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Historically, women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, fields.
Hist
His orica ly, women
Historically, wome
y
men
e
According
Acco d n to White
According to a White House report, women who do work in STEM fields earn an
c
hite
average of 33% m
average of 33% more than females in unrelated careers.
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Teson is a self-p
Teson is self-proclaimed nerd; a minority group of her own choosing.
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on
efp
“I take that as a compliment. I know I am not athletic.
“I take that
ak hat
The most athle thing about me is my brain. I can use it non-stop,”
Th most t le
The most athletic
she said. She ad
she said. She admits even the stereotypical definition “nerd” doesn’t
h sa d Sh d
really fit her either.
real
real y
really he
“If you think about the stereotype of a nerd, it’s a guy.
“If yo
yo
You’re thinking a tall skinny guy that always plays video
You’ e
You’re
u
games. He’s going to be super smart, programs robots
g me
games
and builds them in his basement,” Teson
and bu
n bu
explains. “There are girls that are just
explain
xplain
as smart (as boys) and just as nerdy.”
as smart
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