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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My name is Keegan Mendez and I am a 5<sup>th</sup> year PhD student in HST in Ellen Roche’s lab. I am currently one of the co-presidents of the
<a href="https://biotech.mit.edu/">MIT Biotech Group</a> along with fellow HST PhD student, Morgan Janes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are reaching out to see if your organization would be interested in helping to establish a formal
<a href="https://www.scienceclubforgirls.org/">Science Club for Girls</a> chapter here at MIT.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Science Club for Girls (SCFG) is an AMAZING organization that works to increase accessibility and sense of belonging for girls and gender expansive youth from underrepresented groups in Greater Boston in STEM through after school programming
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<p class="MsoNormal">SCFG has historically had many mentors from the MIT community, but there has never been a formal MIT Chapter and we are hoping to change that this year. Please let us know if you would like to get involved, or if you know anyone else who
would like to get involved. Really appreciate it! <span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a fantastic weekend!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keegan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Keegan Leigh Mendez</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:kmendez@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">kmendez@mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Ph.D. Candidate, Medical Engineering & Medical Physics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences & Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Therapeutic Technology Design & Development Group | Prof. Ellen Roche</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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