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- [Camper] I love science because there's so much to explain
and so much to fix with our world.
- [Camper] I love science because it's never,
there's not really a limit.
Every day, it's like something new.
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- [Camper] I think that there's a lot left
to explore in the world.
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- [Camper] For me, it's like your own little game outside,
a game that can help you learn.
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- [Instructor] EcoLogik is a free STEM summer camp for girls
that is held at Cabrillo National Monument,
San Diego's only national park,
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and it's a really, really amazing way to get girls
interested in STEM and to expose them
to environmental stewardship and our national parks.
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- At school, mmm.
- In school, I didn't really learn about
any female scientists.
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- For schools, they would have like history books
that told about each person in history,
but it would show more men than women.
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- I would have liked to learn more
about female scientists in school.
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- The last day of EcoLogik, we hold a Women in STEM Fair
where women in various different STEM fields
come from all over San Diego
to engage the girls in the STEM that they do.
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EcoLogik is really innovative in that,
not only is it a summer camp for girls in STEM,
but it's also led by women in STEM.
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- I would want to fix things
like how climate change is affecting the ocean.
- Habitat loss.
- Stop invasive species coming in.
- Actually one that I did learn about
that I didn't really know about was ocean acidification.
Since I want to be a marine biologist,
that's something that we need to fix.
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- My big vision for EcoLogik
is to spread it to every applicable national park.
We've seen how it affects these girls
on their life's journey, and I would love to bring that
to other girls around the nation.
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- Hi, my name is Violeta Anghel.
I am 14 right now,
and when I was in EcoLogik, I was 11.
I met Lonie Brown, and I talked with her at lunch,
and I learned what her job is, and I just thought,
"Oh, my goodness.
She is exactly the person that I want to be
when I grow up and get a job."
So I had an apprenticeship
at Cabrillo National Monument Park.
So I was pulling invasive plants,
recording them in the field, all that wonderful stuff.
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So EcoLogik, really, they showed me my career path.
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- I can't choose which is my favorite day so far.
All my days are all my favorite.
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