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Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, a multimedia toy company designed to foster skills in young girls, speaks at the Mendel Center on Tuesday, as part of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — If Debbie Sterling has helped just one girl pursue a career in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) field, then, she said, her life has been made.

“I had a math teacher who suggested I major in engineering in college,” she told the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan on Tuesday night. “We need more people like my math teacher.”

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Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, gives a presentation at the Mendel Center on Tuesday as part of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series.