I'm looking for advice from those in STEM fields on my 14 year old daughter (entering 9th grade next fall). She's wanted to be a fashion designer since she was little. However, her strongest subjects in school, by far, are math & science. If asked, her favorite subject is Geometry. When we take walks, she talks about all the things she's learning in science (geology this year). She plays Minecraft all the time and enjoys computer art programs (like photoshop). I'm all for encouraging her passion, but when I look at her strengths, they are very much in the STEM and less in the arts. But she loves clothes and shopping.
There are a lot of summer programs in our area (Seattle/Tacoma) designed to introduce young women to STEM fields, like week-long camps at Microsoft and various University of Washington programs. When I've mentioned these activities (very, very casually), she's always shrugged them off saying she doesn't want to do computer programming. I'd like to gently expose her to other options in the STEM field--which isn't just computer programming!--without any pressure, but I'm not sure how to do that. At 14, she is pretty stubborn and just enrolling her in a summer program would really backfire, unless she buys into the idea beforehand. Any suggestions???
I have a degree in creative writing, her father has a history degree, and her brother is extremely gifted in languages & reading. Somehow we spawned this gifted mathematician...