Jayshree Seth was raised on the campus of a prominent engineering university in India, and the professor's daughter was surrounded by all things science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) from an early age.
She still didn't think of herself as the "science type" growing up.
"I wanted to solve problems, make the world a better place, help people — but the way STEM was portrayed, those aspects weren't really talked about," she said.
