Equality in the Sciences

In a meeting with the Skype division lead at Microsoft, he asked the only female intern in our entire division, "What made you want to major in CS?". Her answer hits one of the core ways to achieve diversity in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering careers; It was, that she grew up playing with a self-programmable robotics toy that interested her. The stereotype that programmers, mathematicians, scientists, and engineers are only men and that it's a "man's" job prevents many brilliant women from pursuing a career in those fields. These positions are becoming essential in today's society and women can, and should, play a role in that development. How can we stop the spread of this contagious way of thinking? By addressing it at the heart of problem, the family and early childhood development. Math, science, and engineering are not only for men! Women need to know that they are welcome in those fields and we are the ones that can help our and rising generations to partake in the glorious future we are making.