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We're your weekly guide to the numbers in the news and in life and I'm Kate Lambel. Today we're all about a girl, looking at a film,

and asking it to, well, to accurately represent women

and the jobs they do.

My name is Veronica Carlin, and I am currently accurately represent women and the jobs they do.

My name is Veronica Carlin and I am currently the Director of Learning at Elder Research.

There are two things you need to know about Veronica. The first is that she's a data scientist, which means she falls into the big wide job category called STEM.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

And the second is that she loves a good Romcom.

I am a hopeless romantic at heart.

I think there are parts of me that absolutely love romantic comedies, largely

because I just like to be separated from reality for a few moments in a world where love conquers all.

When I was a little girl, I would pretend I was a princess trapped in the tower and then this

night on a white horse would come charging up and rescue me. Romantic comedies, Romcoms.

We're talking pretty woman that you just heard,

when Harry met Sally.

My favorite Romcom is absolutely crazy rotations.

So your family is like rich?

Why comfortable?

That is exactly what a super rich person would say.

It's a modern take on Cinderella, but what I love about it even more is that she is an economics professor who specifically studies game theory.

And for Veronica, there's one thing she loves about Ron Combs.

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