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Creative Approach: Cultivating Tomorrow’s Women Energy Leaders Today
Statistics reflect what leaders like Yogini Parkhi know from experience. At a key moment in many girls’ lives, they’re nudged away from interests like math and science. “I know it happened to me growing up in India,” says Parkhi, the engineering leader for GE Vernova’s Grid OS Data Fabric and Connect business. She saw the same thing happen with her daughter years later in the States. “When she was 10 she could solve a Rubik’s Cube in 50 seconds,” Parkhi recalls. “But she pulled away from puzzles and math competitions because of social pressure telling her these were ‘boy things.’”