Abstract

After graduating from high school in 2006, I dreamed of joining the number one university in Pakistan, the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). The merit was very high, and gaining admission was not a joke. Achieving this goal was the first step in boosting my confidence to do something that no girl in my family had done: obtain an engineering degree. I was the first female engineer in a family full of male doctors and engineers, and no other woman had pursued her studies in technical fields. The credit for me selecting a technical degree goes to my mother—the woman who has always encouraged my sisters and me to excel in our studies.

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