Dreaming big to drive diversity in engineering

26/10/2021 19 min Temporada 1 Episodio 9
Dreaming big to drive diversity in engineering

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Send us a textIt was the declining number of women enrolled in Jessica Kahl’s university engineering courses that sparked her big business idea.Jessica saw the impact she could make on school students and was inspired to create more opportunities for young people to experience the exciting reality of the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) field first-hand. And so, her business Dream Big Australia was born.Now a civil engineer herself, Jessica is inspiring a new generation of future engineers to consider a career in STEAM while driving gender balance in the engineering industry and championing innovation.Her engineering journey will leave you inspired.