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🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection
An Iowa high schooler invented an infection-detecting suture. Now she’s a CEO.
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Dasia Taylor is a trailblazing STEAM advocate (M for medical technology), sneakerhead, and technology innovator who has been nationally recognized for her exceptional scientific achievements.
Being passionate about equity meeting science, she is intentional in using her knowledge to make a difference in the lives of students of all ages.
As a high schooler Dasia gained national recognition for prototyping a suture capable of identifying developing infections, showcasing her innovative spirit and dedication to improving healthcare.
Her journey has been widely shared across multiple national platforms, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, PBS NewsHour, CNN, Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Post, and PEOPLE Magazine.
In recognition of her remarkable achievements, Dasia was named the 2023 Iowa’s Woman of the Year presented by USA Today, which recognizes leaders who are making a significant impact in their communities. Dasia was also featured in the Rebel Girls series, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women book.
Through her innovative work and advocacy for STEAM education, Dasia is inspiring the next generation of young leaders to stay curious, learn inside and outside of the classroom, and make a positive impact on the world.
Her continued innovation and dedication to making a difference in the lives of all humans has made her a sought-after speaker and role model for young people everywhere.
Dasia lives in Iowa with her family, including her beloved bird, Prince. She loves all things yellow, listening to music, and knows enough about the rules to play outside the lines.
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0:00.0 | And hello my friends day five of the battle against the yellow jackets |
0:06.5 | I'll tell you more about that at tonight's hangout, which will be at 9 p.m. Eastern |
0:10.6 | That's right 9 p.m. Starting likes I'm gonna be doing an appearance on Stephanie rules show or a panel that tapes on Thursday for Friday night |
0:18.3 | Airing if you want to watch it, but 9 p.m. for tonight's hangout welcome to another episode of my gen |
0:25.8 | series series where I talk to a young person who's really smart and impressive about their life and their views on things |
0:33.6 | Today on the gen series, I'll be featuring young Desha Taylor who I met out in Iowa City a brilliant young black woman |
0:42.4 | Who is an entrepreneur here a scientist and a really smart mature woman who I was absolutely blown away with |
0:50.6 | Her achievements inventions have gotten her on CNN on Ellen on Dr. Oz back when he was still legitimate |
0:58.3 | She's real impressive. I think you're gonna love Desha the way I did and that conversation begins at 22 minutes into today's podcast |
1:05.6 | If you want to jump ahead and skip the news, but you don't today especially because I have so many great audio clips from Wednesday |
1:14.6 | Oh man, it was a poepery of exciting stuff coming out especially of Washington DC yesterday |
1:22.1 | Let's start with the Secretary of Transportation |
1:25.5 | Pete Buttigieg who is one of the smartest guys in all of government and politics in my opinion certainly a tough guy to argue with |
1:32.8 | I always love when he goes on Fox News or he takes on these fools that are so much less prepared and intelligent than he is |
1:39.6 | Exactly the case yesterday's house transportation and infrastructure committee hearing where the transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg |
1:47.1 | Warned of a potential government shutdown about how that would set back progress that the department has made on air travel |
1:53.7 | Also committee members sought information from the secretary of transportation about the US DOT's infrastructure funding and current projects and |
2:01.5 | Took the opportunity to ask him how potential government shutdown would affect their departments |
2:06.3 | But it was the poorly prepared political attacks that were the most entertaining and this moment when absolutely viral yesterday when |
2:15.0 | Republican representative Doug Lamalva of California's first district got |
2:21.4 | Absolutely embarrassed by the secretary of transportation listen to this |
2:25.8 | I don't know the percentage of atmosphere. I guess you don't know the percentage of what I can tell you is the climate change is real |
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