Diversity in STEM Careers

UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

THEGOAL BEING TO GROWREPRESENTATION IN STEMFIELDS...WHERE STUDIES SHOW ALACK OF DIVERSITY.

THEWILLIAMS SCHOOL HERE INNORFOLK'S GHENT NEIGHBORHOODIS ONE OF THE RECENT PARTNERSWITH THE COMPANY...FOUNDE D BYA DOCTOR ACROSS THE WATER INNEWPORT NEWS.JOSE MOREY SPOKE WITH NEWSTHREE FOR THE END OF HISPANICHERITAGE MONTH.

MOREY SAYS HEWAS YOUNG WHEN HE MOVED FROMPUERTO RICOT O FLORIDA.

ALIFE-LONG STUDENT, HEGRADUATED MEDICAL SCHOOL..N.ADCONTINUED HIS EDUCATION INCOMPUTER SCIENCE ANDANALYTICS, WORKING (FOR( I-B-M AND (WITH( NASA ANDTH E U-NAMONG OTHERS.

DR. MOREY, WHOLIVES IN NEWPORT NEWS, SAYSDURING HIS CAREER HE NOTICED ALACK OF DIVERSITYIN THE STEMCAREERS -- SCIENCE, MATH,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,STEAM WHEN YOU ADD 'ART' TOIT.

HE FOUNDED AD ASTRA MEDIATWO YEARS AGO TO HELP CHANGETHAT.

LATIN FOR 'TO THE STARS'-- AD ASTRA NOW HAS 22 BRANDSOF BILINGUAL CONTENT...REACHING 4.5 MILLION KIDS IN FIVECONTINENTS."WE KNOW TATH A LOT OF KIDS,ESPECIALLY LGBTQ+, BIPOC,YOUNG GIRLS, WE TEND TO LOSETHEM IN THE STEM AND STEAMFIELDS PARTICULARLY WHEN THEYGET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGHSCHOOL FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENTREASONS SO WE WANT TO KEEPCREATING CONTENT THAT INSPIRESTHEM BOTH OUTSIDE OF THECLASSROOM AND IN FORMALSETTINGS." MOREY SAYS ADASTRA'S WORK WITH THE WILLIAMSSCHOOL CENTERED ON "THE CHOPININ SPACE CHDILREN'S INITIATIVEPROJECT"...AN EFFORT TO GETKIDS INTERESTED IN SCIENCE ANDART...THROUGH A MOVIE SHOWINGCOMPOSER CHOPIN'S MUSIC PLAYEDIN SPACE.COMING UP ON W-G- N-T -- WETALK WITH A LOCAL TEACHER ATTHE WILLIAMS SCHOOL ABOUT THATEXPERIENCE.

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