Celebrating Gold Awards 2023 | Sabrina Arshad
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
Sabrina wanted to address the issue of the lack of information and encouragement provided to young girls about and for STEM-related activities, which leads them not to take action to further their potential interests and creates an absence of women in up-and-coming STEM disciplines. Sabrina organized an event where middle school girls could be immersed in many different areas of STEM.
They could complete activities given to them by big brand presenters like SC Johnson @scjohnson and 百事 . They also heard from high schoolers about possible classes and clubs they could join when they get older and more interested in STEM, with the hopes of getting girls into high school classes and furthering their STEM knowledge. Sabrina has gotten a number of girls interested in STEM and ready to move forward with their love for it.