Competition is fierce, as 42 high school girls make-up the Bronx High School Robotics team, The Fe Maidens (pronounced “Iron Maidens”) and compete to win. These girls have discovered that they can get their hands dirty and take-on STEM-related challenges, competing “neck and neck” with boys, despite consistent messages that say, “you’re pretty good- for a girl“

“It wasn’t until I came here that I realized that STEM fields are more than just a career. I thought you could just start them after college, or during college, and I’d have to wait to get my hands dirty. And then I saw kids driving robots at Bronx Science, and I was like, ‘I want to do that.’” ” says team captain Violet Killy. And you can…

Check-out the full Forbes article Don’t Tell This Robotics Team That STEM Is For Boys.