The reason for this special episode about the Women in Data Science (WiDS) event 2022 is that our host Chang Sun is also one of the WiDS Ambassadors who organized the regional event WiDS Datathon Maastricht 2022. Co-host of this episode is Anna-Lena Arlt who is the student assistant for this podcast but also participated in the Datathon. We invited her team members Sophia Longwe and Marisol Martin to join our podcast this week. All three are in their second year of the interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science 'Global Studies' at UM. Together the three participants reflect on their motivations to join the event in the first place, their team spirit during the Datathon but also their take-aways. Furthermore, the three Global Studies Students also talk about the changes they want to make using data science and the importance of the field of data science in general. Female empowerment is also being discussed in this episode as it is important for the three students to see someone who is similar to them, for instance in a board of recruiters.

Until the 6th of March you can register and join the WiDS Conference 2022 online: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/wids-maastricht-conference-2022
The Conference takes place on the 8th of March 2022 and is open to all members of society. You can find more information such as the exact program or related events on the linked website. We are looking forward to see many of you (virtually) there!

LinkedIn Profiles:
Sophia Longwe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-longwe-288207203/
Marisol Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisol-martin-3b7881205/
Anna-Lena Arlt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-lena-arlt/ 

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