Erica Thrall

Erica received her undergraduate degree in Literature and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. She began her college career as an engineering student, but changed majors because she perceived the engineering environment to be less than inviting to women.

That feeling changed when Erica found out about LEAP. Erica was working as an Associate Editor at WGBH, a public television station in Boston. As part of her job, she became involved in motivating children, particularly girls, to pursue studies in engineering. She found it ironic that she was promoting engineering to girls but had never earned her own engineering degree. After visiting a biomedical engineer who designs spinal implants for patients with scoliosis, she was inspired to enroll in LEAP. She recently completed her Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering.