Editor's Pick: Metis CDS Debbie Berebichez to Women in STEM: Chase Your Dreams

Metis CDS Debbie Berebichez to Women in STEM: Chase Your Dreams

Vivian Wagner Jun 7, 2017 4:29 PM PT
	"I've helped shape the conversation," said Debbie Berebichez, chief data scientist at Metis. "It's empowered me to mentor young women and also to shape policy. At Metis, we offer a scholarship to women and minorities, so we do things actively to bring women in. I also try to recruit and hire women. Even though it's a tech company, over 60 percent of the employees at Metis are women." [More...]

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