• Question: did you want to be an engineer when you where a little girl?

    Asked by 399amph45 to Zoe, Sheryl, Emma, Shahil, Andy on 8 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by 444amph45.
    • Photo: Emma Ryan

      Emma Ryan answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      I’ve always to be involved in science. I liked learning about space and finding out answers to questions I had. Science provided those answers.

      I think I was quite lucky, I had lots of female teachers and other women I knew who were scientists and engineers so I never felt like it was a wrong or unusual choice.

      I did also want to be an author, a doctor and a lawyer at various points but I realised I wasn’t very good at those things. Also, engineering is a lot more interesting.

    • Photo: Sheryl Williams

      Sheryl Williams answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      Hi 399amph45 ,

      No when I was little girl I wanted to be a medical doctor. Never even though about engineering or knew what engineers actual do???
      However, when I didn’t get into medical school after trying twice I had to do something else. So with my love for Maths I decide to do this with Electronics at University and fell in love with engineering.

      Now I am on a mission to get more girls in Engineering because I believe the engineering world needs more females.

      Sheryl

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