Women Who Reign: Emily Koehne

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
— Albert Einstein

Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!
I am a 17 year old high school senior on an academic scholarship in a STEM program. I am the Founder and CEO of STEMilyK, an organization dedicated to increasing the amount of girls interested in STEM. I accomplish this by meeting with some of the top women in STEM and interviewing them. I post the interviews on STEMilyK.org so that all girls, no matter what socioeconomic background they come from, can have access to a panel of women in STEM role models. Not only do my interviews provide girls with women in STEM role models, but they also shed light on jobs that girls are typically unaware of, such as an actuary or a structural engineer. My hope is that girls can see that pursuing a career in STEM does not mean being trapped in a lab all day or doing extremely hard math problems for hours on end. Rather, it means that you are changing the world everyday you go to work.

A fun fact about myself is that I hate coffee!

What # would define your life journey?
#NotYourTypical
#BreakingYourStereotype

Favorite website / app:
My favorite website right now is change.org because it provides anyone, no matter where they live or what their economic background may be, to get involved with social justice issues. They can find what they are passionate about and sign…