S 3 Ep 1 - Community in Action - Closing the Gap Between Talent and Opportunity in STEM

What does it take to help a high school girl see herself as a future scientist, engineer, or neurosurgeon? According to Dr. Angie Su and Dr. Jia Borror, it starts with recognizing that the gap between these students and STEM careers has never been about talent. It has always been about opportunity, exposure, and confidence built early.This is Season 3 of Behind the Scenes: How Faculty Bring Learning to Life at NSU, and this season's focus is Community in Action: How NSU Faculty Serve, Partner, and Make an Impact. In this season opener, host Dr. Marti Snyder speaks with both professors from NSU's Abraham S. Fischler College of Education about their multi-year STEM mentoring initiative for high school girls in our community. Dr. Su and Dr. Borror share how they co-designed the program with school partners, recruited college student mentors close in age to participants, and built the kind of sustained relationship that made a real difference. If you are a faculty member curious about community-engaged work, this conversation is a great place to start.