Revolutionizing Female Empowerment: Natalie Panek at TEDxYouth@Toronto

"For me my dream would be to inspire more women into challenging themselves and taking risk to enrol themselves in science and engineering fields." Natalie Panek, Systems Engineer at MDA Space Missions talks about female empowerment, especially in science, technology, and engineering. Women are three times less likely to take a risk than men, but risk is a key part of innovation. Also women who do take risks and innovate are not as well recognized as their counterparts in the entertainment and fashion fields. Natalie reflects on her own experiences and encourages women to have curiosity and take risks in order to innovate.

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