Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game.

I was the kid who always took things apart to figure out how they worked. Sometimes I got to see the secrets inside, occasionally I let the smoke out, and at least once I got shocked, but I always learned something. I love to learn & try to learn something new everyday.

I enjoy teaching others as well. I like being able to convey complex ideas & data in a way that is simple to understand. My Titus Timeout and 8 Minute HVAC video series allow me to do this every week; explain a single topic in a way that anyone can understand.

STEM is my passion, specifically introducing girls to the wonders of STEM. I have always been lucky enough to work at the intersection of technology, products, marketing, & sales. This combination of skills and passion fuels my desire to introduce more kids into STEM.

The concepts of learning new things, teaching others, accepting challenges, doing efficiently, & helping others are core to who I am.

Specialties: STEM, marketing, social media, business development, HVAC, green buildings, air distribution, product development, presentations, data & data visualizations

With all the focus on getting girls into STEM, you would probably be surprised to hear the percentage of women graduating with bachelors degrees in STEM disciplines is lower than it was a decade ago. A report from the National Student Clearinghouse found that fewer women graduated with STEM bachelors degrees in 2014 than 2004 in every area of STEM. 19% of engineering degrees went to women in 2014, compared to 20% in 2004. Computer science has the lowest percentage at 18% compared to 23% in 2004. Physical sciences, 39% compared to 43% in 2004. And on and on...

I think one of the biggest issues is that programs at companies and colleges start way too late. By the time a company recruiter is talking to college students, they are already in STEM or are not. Even by they time high school students are looking at colleges, they've decided whether they want to pursue a degree in STEM or something else. We have to get kids interested in STEM in elementary school to really make a difference.

To get kids interested in STEM while they are young, you have to talk to them about STEM early. You also have to make it interesting and accessible to them. Kids are full of wonder. We should be using that wonder to show them how cool STEM is and encourage them to learn more.

In my talks, I show kids how science is all around them, how they interact with it all the time, and how they may even be doing science or engineering without even realizing it. Seeing them realize that these things that they thought were so complicated are really pretty simple or things that they think are simple are really complicated is like seeing a light bulb go off on possibilities they didn't even know existed.