Change the Equation, a nonprofit collation committed to improving STEM education for youth, featured Symantec’s Lily de Los Rios, VP of Engineering, on their STEMbeats blog!
Change the Equation formed five years ago and works at the intersection of business and education to ensure that all students are STEM literate by collaborating with schools, communities, and states to adopt and implement excellent STEM policies and programs. Symantec is a charter signatory of Change the Equation’s Commitment to Excellence. This commitment stresses the corporate sector’s pledge to collaborate with each other, other programs and communities; high expectations for all students; data-driven advocacy for STEM; and the availability of high-quality STEM learning programs in communities across the country.
They recently interviewed Lily de los Rios to learn about her passion in STEM. Check out here inspiring interview!
What first sparked your interest in STEM?
It started very young. My father would go on business trips around the world and would always bring home beautiful dolls from all the different places he had visited. These dolls were meant to be gifts to play with, but my mother thought they were too beautiful, so they all sat lined up on the shelves. As a result, my dad started to bring different types of presents that I could actually play with – train sets, cars, airplanes – and he and I would spend time putting them together. It was just play time for me but I developed a real love for building and became comfortable working with mechanics.
READ MORE OF HER INTERVIEW HERE.