Savvy, my baby girl, is an incredibly curious, brave, and happy child. She sees the world as an adventure and believes she can do anything. I believe in her power to be brilliant, but I also know how difficult it is to live your passion and make a difference when you a minority girl raised in a world where women worldwide are oppressed and must continually fight to have a voice. Women not only are treated unequally and paid much lower than their male counterparts, but they are also harassed, threatened, and bullied (GamerGate). In order to ensure more than 12% of women thrive as leaders, CEOs, innovators, speakers, authors, and in STEM fields we need to guide our young girls to be resilient and fierce. Passion isn’t enough to make a mark on the world. Below is my keynote, The Path of the EdSHEro, I recently did for EFL Talks: Inspiring Women in ELT. Also, find some thoughts and my slides.
Tags: diversity • EdShero • Gender Balance • sarah thomas • Teacher Development Reflections • Thought-provoking • Women in Edtech • women in education • Women in STEM • Women's History Month