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    Unlocking Your Brilliance

    Unlocking Your Brilliance

    This excerpt provides insight from personal experience, as well as smart strategies for women to thrive in science, technology, engineering, and math.

    Even though Karen Purcell excelled in math and science in high school, nobody ever talked to her about a career in the STEM fields. Finally, in her senior year, when she was frantically trying to decide on a college and course of study, her physics teacher commented that she should consider engineering. Lack of exposure was the first hurdle that Karen would face on her path to success as an engineer and entrepreneur, but it certainly wouldn’t be the last.

    Tackling an important social issue from a personal perspective, Karen describes the trajectory of her own career in engineering, including the struggles she endured. Through her story and stories from women in other fields, she explores the hurdles women in the male-dominated STEM world must overcome and offers pragmatic strategies for moving beyond them. From gaining exposure to occupations early in life to earning the respect of male colleagues to balancing a personal life with career pressures, Karen will empower you to realize your full talents.

    Excerpted with permission from the publisher, Greenleaf Book Group Press, from “Unlocking Your Brilliance: Smart Strategies for Women to Thrive in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math,” by Karen D. Purcell, P.E. Copyright © 2012.

    The attached zip file includes:

    • Intro Page.pdf
    • Terms and Conditions.pdf
    • UnlockingYourBrilliance.pdf

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