Marissa Mahan

Marissa Mahan is the President and Found of Girls in Stem. She is passionate, ambitious, and a hard worker. In 2020, Marissa started the foundation for Girls in Stem when working on her Girl Scout Silver Award. She saw how much it affected and motivated her community and decided to make a website. Marissa started branching out to middle and elementary schools. She loved seeing the curiosity young girls had for STEM and the smiles it brought. That motivated Marissa to start Girls in Stem as a club at IA so she could do it with a team.

Girls in Stem is working on a video to share with Dunwoody Springs Elementary School for their STEAM week. Their goal is to empower young women to be whoever they want. They plan on creating the foundation for the club so that it can carry on for years to come.

When asked to describe the effect Girls in Stem had on young girls in one word, Marissa said, “Empowering.”

This piece was written by Simran Ahuja.

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