“I wanted a space for myself where I could feel comfortable, because sitting in 400 person lecture halls where you're one of four Black people can make it really hard to find community. It's really hard to envision yourself doing something unless you see someone who looks like you doing it.”
UC Santa Cruz third year computer science major Sidney Robinson is helping Black people succeed in engineering as the social media officer for UCSC’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). NBSE focuses on helping Black S.T.E.M and S.T.E.M students be successful in college and beyond helping to diversify the community one Engineer at a time.
Says Robinson, “We're an organization that helps elevate Black people and Black STEM students to a higher level. As soon as I heard about NSBE, I knew I had to get involved….I went to the NSBE National Conference last year and the Fall Regional conference, and it was honestly mind blowing. You walk into a room, and there are Black recruite...
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