At the begining she wanted to be an engineer, that was the reason why she came into Stanford. She says in the video that there was a needed of black engineer, but she has never heard that there was a needed of black teachers, even if it was the case. She explains that those people a respected, paid a lot and she knew that. So she decided to became an engineer. However, she started the to ask herself if it really was what she wanted to do...was that realy her passion ? Deborah Stipek then explains what the STEP program refers to, that is to say Stanford Teacher Education Program, it is a master program.