May 3, 2021 “What do we picture when we think of an engineer?” asks Karina Popovich ’23. Karina is working with her peers to redefine preexisting notions about who belongs in STEM fields and transform the faces of tech and science to include more women. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of women in the STEM workforce has increased significantly over the past 50 years—up from 8 percent in 1970 to 27 percent in 2019. Yet, women remain underrepresented in the computer science and engineering workforce, two of the most lucrative STEM fields. National Science Foundation data from 2019 indicates that only 19 percent of computer science majors and 15 percent of engineering majors are women.