Lockheed Martin scientist encourages students at Darlington County Intervention School
Dr. Sharaé Meredith gathers for a photo with students at the Darlington County Intervention School after a presentation at the school recently.
Dr. Sharaé Meredith, an aerospace engineer working for Lockheed Martin, visited the Darlington County Intervention School on Feb. 23 to deliver a message of encouragement to students.
During her presentation she encouraged students to be “brave, unique, tenacious and loved.” Meredith paid homage in her presentation to famous engineers and aeronautical professionals who inspired her career directly and indirectly, including Dr. Guion Bluford, Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson.
Afterward Meredith fielded several questions from students about her job and how she kept focused through so many years of school.
Dr. Zenobia Edwards, director of DCIS, said Meredith’s discussion provided important insight and inspiration for students to focus on their academics and character building.
“Dr. Meredith is a living, breathing ‘Unhidden Figure’ who is an inspiration in many ways,” Edwards said. “Her life is an inspiring story of success rising from struggle, and she is a young, black woman who has mastered the critical disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. My hope for students is if they see it, they’ll want to be it.”
Meredith holds degrees from Tuskegee University, Georgia Tech and Penn State. She spent time working for companies known for innovation such as Northrop Grumman Corporation and Boeing.