Project ENGAGE Pt. V: The Quiet Killers
All week, we’ve aired stories about two African-American high schoolers navigating through Georgia Tech’s first-ever Project ENGAGE, a program designed to bring more minorities into the “STEM” fields — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. 
For this final component of the five-part series, I sat down in-studio for a conversation with Project ENGAGE co-founders Drs. Manu Platt and Robert Nerem.
[A transcript of the interview wouldn’t do it justice, so if you can, take a few minutes and listen.]
One thing I’ve struggled with in this series is how only two of the 12 ENGAGE scholars were able to make it onto the air. It’s a time issue. As it was, I struggled to keep each piece within time limits. All are amazing young people, bright in different ways, and each has a story worth sharing. 
Solomon McBride and Jovanay Carter are two, though, who also inspired me. I spent a good amount of time with the two. Thanks to Elly Yu who shot and produced the video seen here, you can at least get a glimpse of their hard work.
Although the summer portion of Project ENGAGE is complete, students will continue working part-time in Tech’s labs for the full school year.
My plan is to check back in from time-to-time to see these young people grow and evolve further.
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