Jul 4, 2019
Can you name any African American Female Scientists?
High School student filmmaker, Michaela Olabisi asked this question to her peers in the docu-short, The Missing Element. This film won a special Jury Award for Best Student Documentary Short in the 2019 Kids with S.T.E.A.M. Sci-fi Film Festival! Michaela is today's guest on a special podcast series.
Ms. Olabisi is a recent graduate of Raw Art Works, and the Reel to Reel Film
school, where she completed her documentary short.
She also received a full scholarship to Vassar College in New York.
In this interview, she shares her reasons for creating this docu-short and her plans to add her name to the growing list of African American Women in STEAM!