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It was a comment from an engineering professor in college that inspired Errika Moore to ensure that STEM fields would be accessible to all.

“I went to see my professor during his office hours, and he told me that Black women had no business in engineering,” she explained.

More than 30 years later, Moore still recalls that transformational meeting as a key motivating influence in her career. In her current role as Executive Director of the STEM Funders Network, she works to transform the philanthropic ecosystem to expand access to STEM learning opportunities for historically marginalized groups.

We recently spoke with her about the STEM landscape, her personal motivations, and the importance of philanthropy. Read the interview in our Invention Notebook: https://www.lemelson.org/transforming-the-philanthropic-landscape-for-stem/

For years, chemist Kathy Green watched preventable safety mistakes happen in the chemical industry.

To find a way to more safely deliver chemical cargo, she created a cloud-based software platform that provides information throughout the supply chain. From pre-shipment to delivery, her company CargoCheck® offers tools that streamline communication across organizations, languages, and time zones.

“The reminder that customer discovery is a continuous process — not a milestone — helped me organize my time around what matters most: solving real problems for real people,” Green told VentureWell.

Learn more: https://www.lemelson.org/kathy-green/