Data show that students who have a strong science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) identity are more likely to take STEM courses and persist to the academic finish line--graduation. Positive STEM identity is multifaceted, but at the core, it is the sense that one "belongs" in STEM and can succeed in STEM. A person with strong STEM identity tends to feel confident of the following: They have, or can acquire, the knowledge necessary to understand STEM concepts (i.e., competence). They can appropriately showcase their STEM related skills in public settings (i.

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