Helping Girls Get Into STEM and the Science of Auto Manufacturing

Aug. 3, 2025 ~ The Engineering Society of Detroit’s Girls in Engineering Academy (GEA) program is a transformative space that empowers girls, particularly girls of color, who have been historically marginalized in STEM fields, to live their best lives. GEA is unique in that it focuses on the whole person by integrating STEM learning with a student-centered, hands-on, and project-based approach. It focuses on the total development of girls’ minds and their natural curiosity to learn. Executive Director Robert Magee joins Michigan Voices.

Urban Science is a leading automotive consultancy and technology firm that serves automotive original equipment manufacturers and dealers, and AdTech companies that support them, around the world. Headquartered in Detroit and operating in 20 office locations globally, Urban Science taps the power of its science – and its unrivaled data, solution offerings, and industry expertise – to create clarity and business certainty for clients in even the most chaotic market conditions. Chris Boumansour, global VP for urban science, joins to talk about the partnership with ESD to expose students to STEM Careers.