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Lt. Governor Hampton Joins National Initiative for Women in STEM

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton and the Kentucky Commission on Women joined a national effort to increase the number of women in STEM education Wednesday.

Hampton serves as Honorary Chair for Million Women Mentors Initiative in Kentucky. Mentors are required to teach a girl or woman in STEM for at least 20 hours a year. In a news release, Hampton said NASA was an inspiration in her childhood to eventually pursue a degree in industrial engineering.

 

"With NASA playing an inspirational role in my childhood and holding a degree in industrial engineering, I know firsthand the powerful opportunities STEM can offer women," says Hampton.

 

The initiative includes over 60 partners including The Girl Scouts of America and U.S. News. According to www.millionwomenmentors.org, more than 30 million girls and women are involved.

 

Ebony Clark is a student at Murray State University majoring in computer science. She was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. Ebony has served as a reporter for 4-H congress in Nashville, TN where she spoke with several state leaders and congressmen. Ebony enjoys writing poetry and spoken word and competed in Tennessee's Poetry Out Loud competition hosted by the arts council in Nashville,TN.
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