Teaching future STEMinists

The 2019 Summer Bridge program offered at Radford University provides high school female students an opportunity to experience a STEM field they're interested in for a week over summer break. This year I had the chance to be the teaching assistant for the forensic anthropology section of the camp. This offered me a chance to share my knowledge of the field with the future "STEMinists", and it was one of the most incredible experiences that I have had. I could geek out with these girls and they seemed to geek out as much as I did, and that created such a wonderful, nerdy environment for everyone involved. 
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During this week, we taught the girls about what a forensic anthropologist does, what the bones in the body were called, how to create a biological profile, how bones react to both trauma and disease, and how to collect remains from a site like a forensic archaeologist. The girls were truly the best of the best. I hope to have the chance to be a teaching assistant again next summer to teach more students like them.