Link Post : 6 Filipino Female Scientists Who Are Improving The Way We Live

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This is a Link Post PSM’s own Pierangeli Vital as featured in CNN Philippines

cnn image — These women have committed their careers to their enthusiastic desire for continuous discoveries and developments, proving that science is not limited to the four walls of a classroom. Illustrations by MIKA BACANI

The field of academia is an intimidating and largely unfamiliar one, especially in the Philippines, where science is viewed as something learned in the primary to tertiary educational levels, but uncommonly taken up as a career onwards.
Our parents would rather we become professionals in the medical field or be an engineer — to pursue more “lucrative” careers in applied sciences. However, the country’s science community is catching up and thriving. It might be small but half of them are comprised of women who are at the helm of important scientific research and technological advancements.
These women have committed their careers to their passion and enthusiastic desire for continuous discoveries and developments, proving that science is not limited to the four walls of a classroom.
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