Every summer, children forget some of what they learned during the previous school year, but now experts are warning that because of school closures and other disruptions during the pandemic, students will have a lot more lost learning to make up for.
Yammine says she wants to empower young people to explore science by making it more familiar, accessible, and inclusive. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic she s been sharing the science behind the headlines as @science.sam on Instagram and TikTok, garnering millions of views every month to better help people assess risk, spot misinformation, and have informed discussions with their friends and family.
NBCLX: So how does one become a STEM Influencer?
Yammine: It s really about trying to bring someone into the world of science, technology, engineering and math. It s not a STEM trying to influence what they do, but rather giving them fact-based information so they can make evidence-based decisions.
Yammine says she wants to empower young people to explore science by making it more familiar, accessible, and inclusive. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic she s been sharing the science behind the headlines as @science.sam on Instagram and TikTok, garnering millions of views every month to better help people assess risk, spot misinformation, and have informed discussions with their friends and family.
NBCLX: So how does one become a STEM Influencer?
Yammine: It s really about trying to bring someone into the world of science, technology, engineering and math. It s not a STEM trying to influence what they do, but rather giving them fact-based information so they can make evidence-based decisions.