29-10-2017 04:45 via kxan.com

Girls encouraged to ‘Invent It. Build It.’

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Society of Women Engineers hosted “Invent It. Build It.” at the Austin Convention Center on Saturday to help introduce girls in middle and high school to STEM fields.
Those who attended got a chance to see what it really looks like to become an engineer.
“It’s really important for girls to come to events like this, so they can meet women who look like them, so they can see that, ‘hey, I, too, can become an engineer someday,’” sa
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