"What we want to do is to make women visible — women scientists and their achievements — to create role models to encourage them to stay in these professions."
Combining her background in law and human rights and her current roles at L'Oréal, Palt is at the helm of enacting change at the global beauty brand.
So in this not-very-interesting job, you had a lot of women, and you had a lot of African American women.
The question of honoring and celebrating women's successes has become very mainstream, compared to 25 years ago, when shining light on women scientists was really new.
We had a lot of feedback in the survey of women scientists about what the award changed for them.
Persons:
Alexandra Palt, L'Oréal, Palt, —, You've, That's, I've
Organizations:
Service, L'Oréal, Women, Science
Locations:
United States, L'Oréal, America