The Importance of Entrepreneurial Education For Girls
I’ve been sharing the story of my life as an outlier—a Hispanic woman, engineer and entrepreneur—to show how my profound enthusiasm for encouraging girls to learn entrepreneurialism was born. I'm continuing my story here. While I was teaching entrepreneurship at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas,...
An Outlier Engineer: Using Experince to Springboard Into a New Feild
I've been sharing the story of my life as a Hispanic woman engineer, and why my career and background led me to being so driven to help teach girls entrepreneurialism and confidence. I'm continuing my story here. As a product development engineer at 3M, I designed...
Talking About Failure
Dinner conversations at the Blakely household had an unusual twist. Each night at the table, Sara Blakely’s father would ask her, “What have you failed at today?” And she would recount her successes and setbacks, learning to move beyond failure. By the time she entered college,...
Reflections as an Outliner Engineer
In my last post, I began sharing the story of my life as an outlier—a Latina woman who became an engineer in a male-dominated field—to tell you a bit about why I'm so passionate about teaching entrepreneurialism, and confidence, to girls. Thanks to my parents’ support...
The Story of An Outlier Scientist
I'd like to share my story with you so that you can understand my passion for entrepreneurial learning. I am an outlier: a female scientist and technology entrepreneur from the unlikeliest of circumstances. My father was an orphan, living on the streets of Mexico City at...