Discovering science as a child

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household with my mom.

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I got into Science because of a program

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that my mom kicked doors to get me into.

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They expose us to different Science topics

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such as Robotics, Chemistry you name it.

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- [Narrator] In college Dayjia studied

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engineering management while there she

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faced more than just challenging school work.

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- A lot of times in class I was the only female

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I was the only black female,

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sometimes people didn't wanna sit by you.

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Sometimes people didn't wanna help you,

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you know I would see a lot of time that

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people would have their

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I'm trying not to cry.

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People would have their groups that they

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would study with then I would have to infiltrate.

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How can I bond with that group so that I can

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get the same resources that my people don't have?

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But I figured it out.