(Full Scale Media: New York) -- Kara Branch, 34, is an award-winning chemical engineer and founder of Black Girls Do Engineer, a nonprofit dedicated to getting more Black and brown girls into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) through the power of access, representation, hands-on education, mentorship, and scholarships.

Growing up in a single-parent home with limited resources, Branch (pictured below) fought her way into high school honors programs, eventually earning a scholarship to attend HBCU Prairie View A&M University.

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