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Patch Highlights Women Making a Difference in Science and Technology
Women's History Month is also a time to identify the success and achievements of contemporary women leaders.

After working as associate local editor for Plymouth-Canton Patch since August 2012 and then associate local editor for all of Michigan since January, I have been the local editor for Northville Patch and Novi Patch since April.
Background:
I got my degree in Journalism and Near Eastern Studies from Wayne State University, where I was a part of the Journalism Institute for Media Diversity.
Women's History Month is also a time to identify the success and achievements of contemporary women leaders.

Women's History Month is also a time to identify the success and achievements of contemporary women leaders.
Women's History Month is also a time to identify the success and achievements of contemporary women leaders.
Women's History Month is also a time to identify the success and achievements of contemporary women leaders.
Heidi Skodack, Farmington High School teacher, leads Tech Girls, coaches the robotics team and works with Project Lead The Way, a national science and technology program.
This year's prom will have karaoke, a comedian and a chance for attendees to make their own music videos.
In honor of March being National Reading Month, bestselling author James Patterson shares why it's so important for families to read together. To get you started, check out our list of local reading events and resources.
Find out when the Dexter Farmers Market opens and how to secure a booth.
Find out about Chelsea's two options for farmers markets and how to get products before the markets open.
In honor of March being National Reading Month, bestselling author James Patterson shares why it's so important for families to read together. To get you started, check out our list of local reading events and resources.
The charitable service organization spends one day each year repairing the homes of Dexter's eldery, low-income, or handicapped homeowners.
Jacob Waldrup chose to interview Ritt, who died earlier this month, for a class project because Dexter High School's football field was named after him.
Cristi Landy runs marketing nationwide at General Motors for Chevrolet's small cars and electric vehicles.
Alisyn Malek says engineering opens up the door to an ocean of opportunities.
Women's History Month is also a time to identify the success and achievements of contemporary women leaders.
Hiam Hamade, a breast cancer survivor herself, works with cancer patients in the black, Latino and Arab communities.
Zoos around the country, including the Detroit Zoo, turn to Ilana Kutinsky for help with their gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans.
Trees from Mary Spence's home, one of the hardest hit in Dexter's tornado last year, have been turned into hand-made picture frames.
The team has been competing for 11 years and has placed in top positions in the state for 10 of those years.
View a community gallery of photos from last year's tornado and submit your own pictures to Patch of the tornado, the damage done, or relief efforts since then.