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Her Determination Made Me a STEM Graduate

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Her determination made me a STEM graduate Barbara McClintock once said that if you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off no matter what they say. When we look at women in STEM we are proud of the progress and we appreciate their charisma and intelligence. Our journey towards gender equality and quality education for all especially in the STEM sector has not been an easy one and we still have a long way to go. Fortunately enough we get some motivation every now and again to keep the fire burning. Lethu a Ndebele queen and animal scientist is one remarkable woman who has chosen to share her story and celebrate the woman behind her academic success. The fate of cultural divide In a world of diversity and cultural differences it is difficult to strike a common ground. Such was the story of my parents, as my mother a Shona lady got married to a Ndebele man. Their marriage was doomed to fail considering it was formed just afte