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encouragement and just to show her [an] example of how that
really touched me as a student, and it really encouraged me
to believe that I had the ability to do it as well. That was really
powerful for me to have those type[s] of experiences and I’ve
had many of those I have to say. …,” said Gilbert.
Many indeed. Probably one of the most critical experiences
was when Gilbert was about to enter fifth grade and her mother
placed her in a magnet program in Prince George’s County
Public Schools (P.G.C.P.S.), located in Maryland. It was there
that an affinity toward mathematics and other S.T.E.M.-related
subjects was born. Although her mother planted the seed and
a groundbreaking engineer helped cultivate it, it wasn’t until )