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Sophia Fairweather
Sophia Fairweather is a product developer and designer based out of Canada working in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (commonly referred to as STEM).

Early life
During elementary school, she founded an organization call Start Up By Sophia. A company that targeted parents to encourage their kids pursue STEM. It has later expanded into skill development and skill management, speaking and product development for example DJTOP40, Funcro, Windshield Band Aids, Water Filters, and Electromagnetic Radiation Frequency absorbent material.

Recognition's
After developing products and commercializing them Sophia received a number of awards, such as the Canada 150 Women of Inspiration Award, ASTECH Ambassador Award, [ ], ATB Boostr Prize and was the Alberta Representative for the Manning Innovation Award. With support from AWSN.org, she also received a prestigious PromoScience NSERC grant for approximately $30000 to continue her work. In 2017, she was nominated for the Forbes 30 under 30 list."'.....Albertans nominated for the 2017 Ernest Manning awards. I’ll ask that they rise as I call their names: Sophia Fairweather, James Keirstead, Jim Qualie, Gordon Molnar, Dr. Jianhua Zhu, Tim Battle, Des Quinn.' Minister Derek Bilous Announcments"

Influence
Sophia's has also been impacting the policies in Canada, by influencing the Government of Canada to open up an $11 million dollar fund and grant process for girls in STEM to open up more opportunities for girls like her. "'.....Next,  I am going to talk about  girls like Malala Yousafzai and Sophia Fairweather. Sophia Fairweather  who I met at the UN Global Compact Network forum in Toronto this past April. Start Up By Sophia is an Edmonton-based organization that creates innovative startup products in STEM to help educate, inspire, and provide leadership to other children in STEM. That is why, in budget 2017, we have put aside $11 million to offer young people, particularly girls, the opportunity to participate in activities that build engagement in STEM fields' - Minister Maryam Monsef's in the  Budget Implementation Act.'"