With a unique resume that features a doctorate in biochemistry as well as a beauty pageant title, Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle is poised to go big with her mission to make a difference in STEM education.  The MIT graduate, who received her PhD from the Boston University School of Medicine, founded the non-profit organization Science from Scientists in 2002.  The organization aims to gets students in grades 4-8 excited about math, science and technology.  “It’s important for children to understand that science isn’t this one area; it’s the material that your car’s made out of, it’s the chair you’re sitting in, it’s your iPhone,” Ebbel Angle said. “Science is in everything.” 

Ebbel Angle’s newest project puts her in the spotlight once again, as the star of the “Dr. Erika Show,” which can be seen via Comcast On Demand or online.  In mock talk-show style, “Dr. Erika” helps students saddled with failed science fair projects, helping them figure out where they’ve gon wrong and how to salvage them. A veteran of numerous science projects herself, Ebbel Angle knows first-hand the importance of innovative thinking.  “To be able to think like a scientist or to be able to ask the right types of inquisitive questions, that just helps you; that’s a life skill,” she said.