Despite the existing prejudices, you do not have to be a genius or observe the stars since childhood to dedicate yourself to astrophysics and investigate the mysteries of the universe. She Speaks Science came from this perspective, and is a multilingual platform whose objective is to enable the access of the most vulnerable young people (especially girls, who suffer most from prejudice and the absence of role models) to scientific research. To this end, the platform offers a series of stories with a plot and characters that motivate and appeal to the imagination of girls and young women to get closer to science. In addition, the stories help normalise failure as a learning tool and highlight the importance of resilience in our lives and careers. Thus, we can state emphatically, in response to T. S. Eliot’s question, that yes, it is about time to dare disturb the universe.

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