Crowns & lab coats: Miss Ohio 2024 sets the stage for Girl Power

        Imagination Station will welcome Miss Ohio 2024 Stephanie Finoti as this year’s keynote speaker at Girl Power, set for Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the science center, 1 Discovery Way.
        Finoti wears a crown and a lab coat and is the epitome of women in STEAM, showcasing to young girls that Miss Ohio is a scientist and scientists can be Miss Ohio.
        A student at the University of Cincinnati, Finoti is pursuing her dream of becoming a pediatrician while studying ballet. Additionally, she works at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Fetal Therapy Center and as a nurse aide at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Neonatal ICU.
        Girl Power is a STEAM career day that invites girls in grades 3-8 to explore different activities while discovering how these passions shape their future careers. They’ll learn how their go-to lip gloss starts with science during cosmetic chemistry, how coding robots relates to using apps on our phones and how to discover the cosmos with new technology.
        Throughout the day, girls will attend workshops and visit dozens of activity tables designed to spark and further their interests in STEAM while engaging with female professionals.
        “At Girl Power, girls get to see how their favorite activities are intertwined with STEAM,” said Sloan Eberly Mann, chief education officer at Imagination Station. “When girls in our community make that connection and see empowering female STEAM leaders—like Miss Ohio Stephanie Finoti—they envision themselves in those positions in the future.”
        Tickets are $25 for Imagination Station members and $15 for their chaperones, and $30 for nonmembers and $20 for chaperone. They are available online at imaginationstationtoledo.org/programs-events/girl-power/