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Article Found on: NPR
NASA engineer Dajae Williams is using hip hop to make math and science more accessible to young people.
Article Found on: Because of Them We Can
Dajae Williams is an accidental engineer. Her freshman year at Kirkwood High School in Missouri a teacher enrolled her in honors geometry by mistake, and that changed her life.
Article Found on: 5 on Your Side
'Even though the topics are science-based, math-based, I make sure the beat is banging, so you know everyone is dancing to it," Williams said.
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Article Found on: Stlpr - Npr
Dajae Williams boasts that she’s “the dopest person to ever work at NASA.” A quality engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Los Angeles, Williams is also one of the youngest people to work at the research facility.
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Article Found on: AfroTech
Dajae Williams — a quality control engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab — used to struggle with math. Now, she uses hip hop to teach math and science to the youth.
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Article Found on: Fox2now
As a freshman at Kirkwood High School, Dajae Williams was mistakenly enrolled in an honors geometry class. The teacher who placed her there admitted it was an accident, but little did they both know that moment would change Dajae’s world.
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Growing up, Dajae never saw anyone like her represented in the world of STEM. But after attending Missouri University of Science and Technology as a college athlete, she pursued her love for engineering.
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Article Found on: Facebook
This 25 year old is not your average Rocket Scientist
Article Found on: Twitter ( X )
Think you're "not good" at math? So did @Dajae_Monae, but that didn't stop her from becoming a @NASAJPL Quality Engineer & making hip hop music about STEM along the way.
Quality Engineer & making hip hop music about STEM along the way
An Engineer, educator and a rapper. Let @Dajae_Monae teach you how to do some math
