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Reading: A 26-Year-Old Aerospace Engineer Dedicates Her Life to Teaching Maths to Children After Graduating from a US University
Reading: A 26-Year-Old Aerospace Engineer Dedicates Her Life to Teaching Maths to Children After Graduating from a US University

A 26-Year-Old Aerospace Engineer Dedicates Her Life to Teaching Maths to Children After Graduating from a US University

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A 26-Year-Old Aerospace Engineer Dedicates Her Life to Teaching Maths to Children After Graduating from a US University
A 26-Year-Old Aerospace Engineer Dedicates Her Life to Teaching Maths to Children After Graduating from a US University

Dajae Williams is a 26-year-old American woman who has achieved success in both music and science, despite enrolling in engineering by mistake. While attending Kirkwood High School in Missouri as a child, Dajae’s teacher enrolled her in honors geometry, without realizing the impact it would have on her future. Despite the miscalculation, Dajae quickly demonstrated her intelligence and aptitude for the scientific course.

After graduating from high school, Dajae enrolled at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri to pursue an engineering course. She was encouraged by her mother to try the field of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), due to its lack of gender and racial representation. “My mom convinced me to go into a STEM field,” said Dajae. “She saw that I was getting good at math and science, so she was like, ‘Why don’t you explore this. There’s not a lot of women. There’s not a lot of black people in this field. See what you can do. See if you can make a change.’”

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Now, Dajae works as a rocket scientist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States. “Sometimes I still have to pinch myself,” she said. “It’s always an exhilarating experience being around so many smart people, just being present, and taking it all in because there is so much to learn.”

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Festus Conteh is an international youth that functions conveniently in all forms of writing including article writing, news, script, content writing, constitution and project/proposal writing. Writing is fun to Festus and has brought fame and recognition in his clime. In 2019, he was awarded best upcoming writer in an online writing completion that was organized by the Association of Sierra Leonean Authors (ASLA). After his impactful contribution to national development and cohesion through writing, he was nominated for the African Genius Award for the Best Writer in Africa Award Category an award he lost to one of the greatest African Writers - Chinua Achebe. In 2022, Festus was one of the applicants to the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) as Vice Chairperson (Policy and Advocacy) a process that met imperil feedback. As a freelancer, Festus has written articles for magazines, newspapers, and media houses and his articles have attracted big media houses including BBC, Aljazeera and Legit. Ng and is the Head of Programs at Salone Messenger a public relations firm based in Sierra Leone with the latest news and information. He is the founder of Africa’s Wakanda a platform that spotlight the beauty of Africa. Festus is also a perpetual volunteer in life-changing causes and has shown great commitment and dedication to being a catalyst and solution to the challenges faced by young people like himself. Festus currently serves as the Secretary General of the Africa Youth Leaders movement which is a network of youth between the ages of 20 – 30 years who have shown achievement, leadership potential and commitment to make a difference. Festus is also the Africa Focal Point of Youth for Change Initiative, which is a platform through which young people can access resources, be empowered and given the opportunity to grow to become useful members of society who will participate in the development of their communities and nation. Along with another Africa Youth platform, Festus has Co-Founded the Future of Africa initiative which is an advocate forum with the aim to bring together local and international socio-economic stakeholders to support innovative programs aimed at advancing the radical and practical progress of adoption awareness-vulnerable children and youth and youth leadership-through interlinking local, regional and international resources and opportunities.