Erika Anderson (engineer)

**Erika Nicole Anderson** (Disamba 15, 1989 - Satumba 20, 2023)  injiniyan injiniya ce 'yar Amurka wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin injiniya mai dabarun yaƙi da aminci a ExxonMobil  Ta kasance shahararriyar mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin mata masu launin fata a fannin injiniya kuma an karɓe ta a matsayin Jakadiyar IF/THEN ga Ƙungiyar Ci Gaban Kimiyya ta Amurka .   

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Anderson ta girma a Atlanta, Georgia, kuma daliba ce ta makarantar sakandare mai daraja wacce ta lashe kyaututtuka da dama na nasara a fannin ilimi. Ta sami digiri na farko a fannin lissafi da injiniyan injiniya daga Kwalejin Spelman da Cibiyar Fasaha ta Georgia bi da bi. Anderson tana da sha'awar makaranta kuma ta yi aiki tukuru don gina al'umma yayin da take kwaleji. A Spelman, ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kwararru a fannin ilimi na reshen National Society of Black Engineers na makarantarta. A lokacin bazara na kwalejinta, Anderson ta yi horo a NASA da GE Aviation, inda ta sami gogewa ta gaske a fannin masana'antu wanda ya taimaka mata wajen yanke shawara kan irin aikin da ta fi sha'awar yi. 

## Sana'a
A watan Yulin 2022, Anderson ta karɓi aiki a matsayin injiniya mai aminci tare da Georgia-Pacific ta koma Georgia.  Sha'awar Anderson a fannin lissafi ya sa ta nemi aiki a matsayin injiniya, wani abu da ta yi imani da shi a farko "direban jirgin ƙasa" ne a lokacin shekararta ta ƙarshe a makarantar sakandare.  Bayan kammala karatunta, ta sami aiki a ExxonMobil da ke Texas. Bayan 'yan shekaru, ta koma makaranta don samun digiri na biyu a fannin nazarin bayanai daga Jami'ar Texas A&amp;amp;M .

Ta ci gaba da aiki a ExxonMobil, ta jagoranci ƙungiyar masu duba sassa, masu sarrafa ayyuka, da injiniyoyin injiniya da sinadarai wajen tabbatar da inganci da amincin kayan aikin matatun mai a Beaumont, Texas . Jagorancinta ya ƙunshi tabbatar da cewa kayan aikin suna da amfani kuma suna samar da kayayyaki kamar fetur, kakin zuma, dizal, filastik, da kwalta daga ɗanyen mai yadda ya kamata . 

## Tallafin STEM
Anderson ta gano aikin injiniya a matsayin sana'a lokacin da take neman shiga kwalejoji. Wannan ya motsa ta ta taimaka wajen fallasa mata matasa masu launin fata ga STEM tun suna ƙanana domin su ga damammaki da dama da ke a buɗe a gare su. Ilimi yana da mahimmanci a gare ta a tsawon rayuwarta, kuma tana son 'yan mata irinta su girma su raba nasarorin da ta samu.

Anderson ta kasance mai himma a cikin al'ummomin yankinta, tana taimaka wa mutane su sami kwarin gwiwa a kansu da kuma iyawarsu ta hanyar shirye-shiryen wayar da kan jama'a, shawarwari, kwanakin aiki, da kuma koyarwa. 

An karrama Anderson da zaɓen shiga Shirin Jakadu na AAAS IF/THEN, wanda ya ba ta damar zama abin koyi ga 'yan mata. Kamanninta yana cikin wasu mutum-mutumi 124 da aka buga a cikin wani mutum-mutumi mai girman lemu wanda ya yi tafiya zuwa ƙasar don ƙarfafa mata a fannonin STEM.  

An zaɓe ta a shekarar 2019 a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin Jakadun AAAS IF/THEN® 125, ƙungiyar mata shugabannin STEM da aka zaɓa don su zama manyan mutane.  An haɗa kamannin ta a cikin "#IfThenSheCan - Nunin," nunin mutum-mutumi 120 na mata na zamani waɗanda aka buga 3D a STEM da aka nuna a National Mall a lokacin Watan Mata na Gaba a watan Maris 2022.  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Erika Anderson 'yar Jeffery da Elizabeth Dommond ce kuma 'yar'uwar Pamela Danielle Dommond. Ta auri Chadwick Alexander Anderson, wanda ya mutu jim kaɗan bayan aurensu. Duk da rasuwarsa, ta dage a tsawon aikinta a ExxonMobil kuma ta ci gaba da aikinta na zaburar da matasa mata masu launin fata don neman aiki a fannin STEM. Ta ce: "Lokacin da sha'awa ta cika manufa, damar ba ta da iyaka." 

Anderson ƙwararriyar mawakiyar rap ce/mawaƙiya wacce ke jin daɗin raba fasahar ga waɗanda ke cikin al'ummarta. 

Anderson ya mutu a watan Satumba na 2023. 

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