i.am FIRST Robotics Student Appears on Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls

i.am FIRST Robotics student Cynthia Erenas from Boyle Heights got the special chance to join Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls web series to talk about the importance of STEM education!

Smart Girls co-founder and Executive Director Meredith Walker sat down with a very smart group of ladies from Qualcomm and the FIRST Robotics Competition to talk about robots, women in STEM, and the importance of mentorship.

Amy Poehler even made a surprise appearance — on a robot!

This special episode of Smart Girls features:

Saura Naderi, Staff Career Development Specialist at Qualcomm & Founder of Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab
Navrina Singh, Director of Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Carmel Fiscko, FIRST/FRC Team 1538 Alum and Engineering Major at UCSD
Cynthia Erenas, FIRST Participant, FRC Team 4964
Jocelyne Perdomo, FIRST Participant, FRC Team 207

Great job to all these Smarties! For more information about Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, visit amysmartgirls.com.