Friday, May 24, 2013

Holy Crapballs!

[Screenshot of an email. Text reads: "Congratulations! You have been chosen to work together as part of The Huffington Post's Girls in STEM mentorship program. Our hope is that over the next few months, you will exchange emails, phone calls or in-person meetings while using each other as a valuable resource within the STEM community.

Abigail is a sophomore in college majoring in zoo animal technology. She is currently interested in aquaculture and educating people on proper aquarium care.

[redacted] is a Research Associate for the NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Science and Technology, in support of their Marine Recreational Information Program. She is very experienced in wetland ecosystem diversity, services and functions and has a bachelor's, master's and PhD.

I have attached a mentorship guide to help focus your meetings and help us create an open dialogue around the challenges of being female in these fields. We hope that you'll use it as a resource during your conversations and e-mail it back to [an email address] once it's been completed. 

If you have decided to skip this program, no big deal, we will keep your e-mail address private. But, please first reply to this e-mail to let us know. Once both of you have agreed to participate, we will release your contact information to your partner.  

Thank you so much, and best of luck to you both. We feel so lucky to be able to work with you. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out whenever and check our Girls in STEM big news page for updates, discussions and resources.

We hope to hear from you soon,
The HuffPost Community Team"]
 
Ummm... Holy crap! this is so awesome!