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*Please limit responses to no more than 250 words*

I've always wanted to understand the world, and my study of brain development during childhood and adolescence allows me to answer questions about how the biology underpinning all the complexities of the human mind. I've met challenges along the way - particularly with respect to my experiences as a young woman in science and I have been surprised at the misogyny and sexism that I have have encountered in my day to day work. I am in the early stages of developing a mobile app to .....
I've always wanted to understand the world, and my study of brain development during childhood and adolescence allows me to answer questions about how the biology underpinning all the complexities of the human mind. I've met challenges along the way - particularly with respect to my experiences as a young woman in science - and I have been surprised at the misogyny and sexism that I have have encountered in my day to day work. I am in the early stages of developing a mobile app to address the problem that women in STEMM (Science, Techonology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine) are less likely to be invited to speak at conferences. Our solution is to provide a searchable database of women in all areas of STEMM with testimonials to ensure that event organisers have confidence that speakers they may not have heard present before come highly recommended. The STEMM Role Models app was runner up in the Rosalind Franklin appathon in February 2016, and I would greatly benefit from the opportunity to learn from women techmakers, get feedback on my ideas and hopefully build some productive collaborations at this event. More details of the app are available at our GitHub repository: www.github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels.

**Country of Residence**

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Welcome to the STEMM Role Models app GitHub repository, and thank you for thinking about contributing! :smiley::heart::smiley:

The point of this file is to make it suuuuuper easy for you to get involved. So if you have any questions that aren't covered here please let us know! Check out the [Open an issue](#open-an-issue) section below for more details.
The point of this file is to make it suuuuuper easy for you to get involved. So if you have any questions that aren't covered here please let us know! Check out the [Share your thoughts](#share-your-thoughts) section below for more details.

## Open an issue
Before you start you'll need to set up a free [GitHub][link_github] account and sign in. Here are some instructions: https://help.github.com/articles/signing-up-for-a-new-github-account

Instructions on how to open an issue coming soon. This includes reporting a bug, suggesting an enhancement and asking a question.
## Share your thoughts

Although GitHub calls them **issues**, we'd like you to think of them as **conversation starters**. They're our way of communicating across all the members of the team (and if you're here you are a member of the STEMM Role Models team). The can be [questions][link_question], [bugs][link_bugs], [requests][link_requests], [applications][link_applications] or a myriad of other suggestions.

### Labels

You can find all currently open conversations under the [issues tab][link_issues].

The current list of labels are [here][link_labels] and include:

* [Question][link_question]: This label highlights all issues that are questions and is a great place to start. Whomever has opened the issue wants to hear from you!
* To reply, read the question and then put your opinions in a comment.
* These opinions can be:
* a thumbs up (:thumbsup:) if you're loving what you see (check out this [cheat sheet][link_emojis] for other emojis that you might like)
* a more nuanced description of your answer (using your words)
* or you could ask for a clarification
* If you'd like to posit an additional question take a breath and make sure that your question is related (could it be a new issue instead?) and if you're confident you're in the right place, then ask away :smiley:

* [Applications][link_applications]: This label highlights all issues concerning applications.
* Applications can include suggestions for future applications or a to do list for ongoing applications
* The label is intentionally broad: applications can be for anything from funding or membership of workshops etc

* [No Code][link_nocode]: This label highlights all issues that don't require any coding knowledge
* If you're looking to contribute but aren't very confident in your coding skills these issues are a great place to start.
* All issues with the no code label are asking for feedback or suggestions

* [Help Wanted][link_helpwanted]: This label highlights all issues where a member of the team has determined that we need additional help
* If you have particular skills these are a great place to offer them
* If you aren't sure what to offer, you could also recommend issues to your friends/colleagues who may be able to help

* [Bugs][link_bugs]: this label highlights all issues that are pointing to problems in the project
* If you find a bug, please give as much detail as possible in your issue
* If you experience the same bug as one already listed, please add any additional information that you have as a comment

* [Requests][link_requests]: this label highlights all issues that are asking for features (or anything else) to be added to the project
* If you have a good idea and would like to see it implemented in the STEMM Role Models project please open a new issue and add in as much detail as possible
* Please try to make sure that your feature is distinct from any others that have already been requested or implemented. If you find one that's similar but there are subtle differences please reference the other request in your issue

## Make a change

Instructions on submitting a pull request coming soon.

## Who's involved

You can meet the leadership team in the [Meet the Team][link_meettheteam] file but we haven't yet implemented a protocol to officially list our contributers. Stay tuned, or give us your suggestions at the [how should we acknowledge our contributers][link_howacknowledge] issue!

## How we say thank you

Some details on how we can give you credit for contributing to the development of the STEMM Role Models app.
We haven't yet implemented a protocol to offically acknowedge people who join us. Stay tuned, or give us your suggestions at the [how should we acknowledge our contributers][link_howacknowledge] issue!

## How to get in touch

If you have a question we'd love for you to open an issue because that will be our fastest way of communicating and making a change. But if you'd like to email the development team you can contact [KirstieJane](https://github.com/KirstieJane) at kw401 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk. She's a postdoc who isn't currently paid to develop this app, so please be gentle in your correspondence and give her a couple of days to reply. If she doesn't reply to your email before or during her regular "office hours" on Monday afternoons please feel free to ping her again.

[link_github]: https://github.com/
[link_issues]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/issues
[link_labels]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/labels
[link_applications]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/labels/applications
[link_question]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/labels/question
[link_nocode]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/labels/no%20code
[link_helpwanted]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/labels/help%20wanted
[link_bugs]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/labels/bug
[link_requests]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/labels/requests

[link_emojis]: http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/
[link_meettheteam]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/blob/master/MeetTheTeam.md
[link_howacknowledge]: https://github.com/KirstieJane/STEMMRoleModels/issues/10
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## Amy Orsborn <img src="https://wp.nyu.edu/amyo/wp-content/uploads/sites/646/2014/09/IMG_20140627_124741-195x300.jpg" width="150" align="right"/>
[Amy Orsborn](https://wp.nyu.edu/amyo/) is a postdoctoral researcher at New York University. She uses engineering techniques to investigate the central nervous system and develops tools to study neural signals at different spatial scales. She is a talented illustrator and has used her skills to communicate a [plethora of scientific findings](https://wp.nyu.edu/amyo/illustrations/).
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## Natalia Bilenko <img src="http://nbilenko.com/brain_still.png" width="150" align="right"/>
[Natalia Bilenko](http://nbilenko.com/) is a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. She uses computational techniques and functional MRI to better understand how the brain responds to movies, speech and written text. Her interactive web projects include visualizations of [narrative structure](http://nbilenko.com/projects/narrative.html), [faculty affiliations](http://neuroscience.berkeley.edu/faculty-by-department/) and [scientific collaborations](http://nbilenko.com/bsr/collaborations/).
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## Erin Rich <img src="https://i1.rgstatic.net/ii/profile.image/AS%3A314017770344449%401451879078664_l/Erin_Rich.png" width="150" align="right"/>
Erin Rich is an assistant project scientist at the University of California at Berkeley. She studies the functional organisation of prefrontal cortex and was inspired to join the team after experiencing the difficulties associated with finding enough women to ensure a 50/50 male/female representation whem co-organising a recent symposium.
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## Elizabeth Minor <img src="https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrinknp_400_400/p/7/000/2bd/112/13dc218.jpg" width="150" align="right"/>
## Elizabeth Minor <img src="http://hackthehearst.berkeley.edu/images/mentor-elizabeth-minor.jpg" width="150" align="right"/>
[Elizabeth Minor](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-minor-67744878) is a the development associate at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in Berkeley, California, and brings to the team her expertise in beta testing and user experience design for apps and online databases for public audiences. She is particuarly passionate about incorporating online media into her teaching and museum exhibitions and can often be found sharing her experiences at archaological sites in Sudan from [behind the lens](https://www.instagram.com/qmole/).
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## Who are we?

The founders of the STEMM Role Models app - [Kirstie][link_KirstieJane], Amy, Natalia, Erin and Elizabeth - are friends from their time in graduate school at [UC Berkeley][link_ucberkeley]. There's more information about them (and some pictures) in the [MeetTheTeam](MeetTheTeam.md) file.
The founders of the STEMM Role Models app - [Kirstie][link_KirstieJane], Amy, [Erin][link_Erin] and [Elizabeth][link_Elizabeth] - are friends from their time in graduate school at [UC Berkeley][link_ucberkeley]. There's more information about them (and some pictures) in the [MeetTheTeam](MeetTheTeam.md) file.

The development of this app is mentored by the team behind the [Rosalind Franklin Appathon][link_rfappapthon] - a challenge launched in 2015 to find and support the development of new mobile phone apps to empower women in STEMM. The competition is funded by the [Royal Society's Rosalind Franklin award][link_royalsociety_rfaward] which was won in 2014 by the Prof [Rachel McKendry][link_rachelmckendry]. Check out her [awesome lecture][link_rachelmckendry_talk] on _Harnessing the power of mobile phones and big data for global health_.

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[link_ucberkeley]: http://www.berkeley.edu/
[link_kirstiejane]: https://github.com/KirstieJane
[link_erin]: https://github.com/erich001
[link_elizabeth]: https://github.com/elizabethjm
[link_rfappapthon]: http://www.rfappathon.org/
[link_royalsociety_rfaward]: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/rosalind-franklin-award/
[link_rachelmckendry]: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/tb/people/steering-group/rachel-mckendry
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