Kidia Burns, founder of Professional Women in Trades Inc., helps Khadija Ndiaye, Walden School eighth grader, build a Bluetooth speaker during the Girls Empowered by Math and Science Conference in January 2025 at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. “Girls Can Do It Too!” by Burns was published earlier this month and is available online through Barnes & Noble.
Kidia Burns recently published the children's book "Girls Can Do It Too!" Burns said she “wanted to get a book to get the word out to these girls … and get them interested in the trades and let them know that it’s OK to pick up a wrench or a hammer or a caliper or a micrometer."
More than 500 Racine Unified School District eighth grade girls attended the 12th annual Girls Empowered by Math and Science Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
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Gifford student Lily Nguyen, left, talks with Marquette University student Sarah Gobris while Gobris holds a gecko during the 12th annual Girl…
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Mitchell School student Nadilee Gissell touches a gecko Thursday during the 12th annual Girls Empowered by Math and Science Conference at the …
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Jerstad-Agerholm student Esthefania Ambrocio touches a gecko during the 12th annual Girls Empowered by Math and Science Conference at the Univ…
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Keynote speaker Alynah Adams, a third-year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin, said students should be themselves and not be …
Kidia Burns recently published the children's book "Girls Can Do It Too!" Burns said she “wanted to get a book to get the word out to these girls … and get them interested in the trades and let them know that it’s OK to pick up a wrench or a hammer or a caliper or a micrometer."
Kidia Burns, founder of Professional Women in Trades Inc., helps Khadija Ndiaye, Walden School eighth grader, build a Bluetooth speaker during the Girls Empowered by Math and Science Conference in January 2025 at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. “Girls Can Do It Too!” by Burns was published earlier this month and is available online through Barnes & Noble.
