Nothing really prepared me for my move to Houston, although I am getting used to it after 11 years. My advice to young women wanting to pursue a career in math, science, or technology, is to take the hardest classes you can in junior high and high school. If you have a choice between home economics and science, take science. If you like word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, solving riddles, then you might want to look into a career in computers. Computers will always be around and you will always have a job.
Engineering is also a good choice for a career.
Do not be afraid of math and science. Once you get into it, you can have a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun in chemistry class trying to figure out the pH level of household chemicals. I loved genetics and figuring out the probability of a child getting certain characteristics of his or her parents. Computer science is not just for geeky guys who can t get dates.