Hello from g4g Ambassador Sitara!

Hello! My name is Sitara Mitragotri, and I am a junior in high school living in Massachusetts. I am interested in neuroscience and developmental psychology, and I hope to become a paediatric psychiatrist or neurologist in the future! I am also passionate about mental health advocacy and enjoy studying how it impacts women's sexual and reproductive health. Aside from STEAM, my other creative outlets include dance, visual arts, and creative writing as a means to reflect on my interests in women's health and maximising developmental outcomes in young children. I am extremely interested in how the arts can be applied to STEM to produce creative solutions to global issues!

Sitara helping with the clothing drive for Cradles to Crayons

I joined g4g because it's so important that girls have the opportunity to explore STEM in engaging and accessible ways. As an ambassador, I hope to demonstrate to girls internationally that STEM is a creative and diverse field that can be applied to so many other areas of study! I am currently working with another ambassador on a science experiment video project for g4g that can be easily replicated by young girls in their own homes!

I was inspired by the plethora of opportunities offered by the organisation, including the g4g lab, broadcast, and g4g makerspace. I joined g4g in the summer of 2022, and I am so honoured to have the opportunity to contribute to such a collaborative, creative group of individuals working to uplift women in STEAM. I hope to bring g4g to my community to encourage more girls to explore how they can apply their interests to STEAM!

Tell us what you are currently working on!

I am currently a volunteer for LexSeeHer, a local organisation that aims to recognise local women's contributions to the community and country. I am collaborating with them to host a LexSeeHerinSTEAM event, where we bring in alumnae from our high school to discuss current projects and how they discovered and expanded their interests in high school! I am also a member of my town's youth advisory board for mental health, where my peers and I are working to develop a platform in our community with resources for teens and parents and opportunities for teens to discuss mental health creatively. I recently became an ambassador for Girls Global Health, and I am writing an article on the recent crackdown on child marriages in Assam, India.