The thud of my footsteps was all I heard as I walked the halls of the Career Center, heading to my first class, Introduction to Engineering Design on the first day of school. Heart thumping, I tried to...

Growing up in St. Louis, senior Michelle Yang had always held the dubious honor of being one of the only girls in her math classes. The self-described “Hermione Granger, but 10 times worse” had always...