Vancouver teenagers Ruini Xiong and Crystal Zheng have gone from being slightly intimated by science to empowered young women on their way to successful careers in bio medical engineering.
Through the STEM Mentoring Cafe, which pairs high school students with professional role models in science, Xiong, 17, and Zheng, 18, have been working with neuroscientist Emily Fan to find a biological solution to plastic. When Xiong joined the STEM Mentoring Cafe three years ago, there were only four girls out of 30 students.
The teens share a love for biology but weren’t sure where to start or what to do with that passion. The STEM Mentoring Cafe helped them meet professionals who explained some options for their future, said Xiong.
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