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Felicia Green was destined to graduate from New Mexico State University (Las Cruces) with a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering—before she was born, her baby shower was celebrated in the Physics Department of New Mexico State University (NMSU). At the time Felicia’s mother was an administrator for NMSU, where Felicia and her sister created many memories over their mother’s 39 years of service to the university. Once Felicia started attending NMSU for engineering, she would m

My character Annie Aardvark is named after fellow mathematician Annie Easley. In addition to being a mathematician, Annie Easley is also a computer programmer and rocket scientist. Annie Easley has worked at NASA, where she worked on one of the first-ever computer programs to enable space navigation. This computer program was used on the Centaur project, which is still considered one of NASA’s most important research projects. She also performed important research on power

Continuing with the Harry Potter science theme, I thought it would be fun to create a list of real life fantastic beasts and where to find them (spoiler alert it's at zoos and aquariums, as only trained professionals should be handling these beasts). 1) Komodo Dragons are probably the closest thing us muggles get to see that resemble a Ukrainian Ironbelly. Komodo Dragons can be found at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Columbus Zoo, National Zoo, San Diego Zoo, and actually quite of

Do you love math? Then count and color with Annie Aardvark in this free coloring sheet! Just click on Annie Aardvark below. #STEM #Free #womeninSTEM