Dancing Through Barriers: Yamilée Toussaint's STEM Revolution
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Can dance transform how girls engage with STEM? Yamilée Toussaint, founder of STEM From Dance and 2024 CNN Hero, is breaking barriers by fusing creative movement with technical learning to empower young girls of color. Her innovative approach has reached over 4,000 girls nationwide, helping them build confidence in math and science through dance. In this inspiring conversation, Yamilée shares her journey from teaching high school algebra to creating a national organization that's changing the face of STEM education. Learn how dance builds the resilience and confidence girls need to succeed in technical fields and why diverse perspectives are crucial for innovation in our rapidly changing world.
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| 0:00.0 | In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth. |
| 0:07.3 | Smart spending drives growth, which is something Brex has championed. Brex isn't just a corporate credit |
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| 0:24.1 | on an AI-powered platform that turns every dollar into opportunity. In fact, 30,000 companies |
| 0:32.9 | are trusting Brex to help them win. Go to brex.com slash grow to learn more. |
| 0:40.0 | We're saying like, |
| 0:41.1 | STEM can actually be creative. |
| 0:43.5 | It could actually be something that you incorporate |
| 0:45.4 | to things that you like actually want to do yourself. |
| 0:47.9 | It can be something that is team-oriented. |
| 0:50.4 | It can be something that you can do while you're moving. |
| 0:52.7 | And by really changing the connotation they have with them, we're helping them to, again, |
| 0:58.1 | like stay in it, say yes to it because that's what we need for them to persist. |
| 1:03.1 | And as they continue to persist, we can show them more advanced concepts. |
| 1:07.7 | They can go to other programs, be part of other things. |
| 1:11.2 | But really we want to |
| 1:12.5 | use dance to really show them |
| 1:14.3 | what's possible, what they're capable of. |
| 1:16.8 | And we've seen amazing results |
| 1:18.7 | because of it. |
| 1:23.0 | I'm Guy Kawasaki, |
| 1:24.7 | and this is the Remarkable People podcast. |
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