NYSCI Talks: What was the impetus for your film, She Started It?

NYSCI (The New York Hall of Science)

Anna Ewing, Senior technology executive and former CIO of Nasdaq and moderator for the panel discussion at the NYSCI event, asks filmmaker, Insiyah Saeed, about why she and Nora Poggi, decided to create the film, She Started It. Insiyah Saeed who is the co-director and producer of the film talks about why she became involved as a journalist and filmmaker in the documentary which has been viewed around the world at film festivals, corporations, embassies, schools, and organizations. She talks about the need to offer inspiration and powerful storytelling about women entrepreneurs in technology and the challenges they meet in launching their companies.

NYSCI
NYSCI

The New York Hall of Science, also known as NYSCI, is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. NYSCI was founded at the 1964–65 World’s Fair and has evolved into New York’s center for interactive science, serving a half million students, teachers, and families each year. NYSCI serves schools, families and underserved communities in the New York City area, offering informal, hands-on learning through various products and services that use the “design-make-play” method of bringing delight and play to educating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

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NYSCI

NYSCI

The New York Hall of Science, also known as NYSCI, is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens.

NYSCI was founded at the 1964–65 World’s Fair and has evolved into New York’s center for interactive science, serving a half million students, teachers, and families each year. NYSCI serves schools, families and underserved communities in the New York City area, offering informal, hands-on learning through various products and services that use the “design-make-play” method of bringing delight and play to educating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

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