Helen Shaughnessy

BS in Mechanical Engineering – MIT
MS in Mechanical Engineering – Stanford University

Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Arena Solutions
Arena is a software company.

Arnold Almquist – 11th grade Analysis/Pre-Calc – He had a sense of humor and used to throw chalk at us.

Favorite memory from math/science growing up: Designed and built a fake arm with elbow to do mechanical advantage (lever arm weight lifting) experiments.

Why you want to be a mentor:
I want to show these kids that math is an everyday part of life – you can’t avoid it, so you might as well learn what cool things you can do with it and the great places it can take you. In the middle school years there is so much pressure that often subjects that are perceived to be hard or “uncool” get dropped and put aside, especially by the girls. I want to be an example, to both genders, that women can excel at math. Then, when the girls hear those comments, they won’t believe them and the boys won’t make those comments themselves, because they have experienced a counter example.