Mary is the Director of Public Engagement with Science at the RNA Therapeutics Institute. In 2020, Mary, Angela Messmer-Blust, Athma Pai, and Christina Baer created StemLIVE, a STEM educational outreach program at UMass Chan Medical School.

The program aims to improve science literacy and excitement in STEM careers by facilitating active-learning opportunities and exposure to practicing scientists who are women and/or under-represented minorities for our community of Worcester, MA and beyond.

In the two years since its inception, ScienceLIVE initiatives have included presenting interactive, virtual, and hands-on learning experiences and STEM career panels, mentorship of women scientists in science communication, production of an educational coloring book, and dissemination of an informational poster about SARS-CoV2 and the mRNA vaccines to classrooms, doctors’ offices, and libraries. We estimate that we have connected with about 7,800 girls and young women, so far!

You can learn more about ScienceLIVE here.

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