--- title: "VIDEO: Widseth's Emma Clarke Shares Her Story, Encourages Girls to Become Engineers" description: "Today is \"Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,\" which is part of National Engineers Week." image: https://blog.widseth.com/hubfs/Emma%20960%20no%20play.jpg --- - [Locations](https://widseth.com/contact-us/#locations) - [Careers](https://widseth.com/about-us/careers/) - [Employee Login](https://widseth.com/employees/) - [Bid Documents](https://qap.questcdn.com/qap/projects/prj_browse/ipp_browse_grid.html?projType=&group=12108&provider=12108) [![widseth](https://blog.widseth.com/hubfs/logoS.png)](https://widseth.com/) - [Services](https://widseth.com/services/) - [Markets](https://widseth.com/markets/) - [News](https://blog.widseth.com/) - [About](https://widseth.com/about-us/) - [Contact Us](https://widseth.com/contact-us/) Primary Menu - [Services](https://widseth.com/services/) - [Markets](https://widseth.com/markets/) - [News](https://blog.widseth.com/) - [About](https://widseth.com/about-us/) - [Contact Us](https://widseth.com/contact-us/) # VIDEO: Widseth's Emma Clarke Shares Her Story, Encourages Girls to Become Engineers By Widseth February 25, 2021 ![](https://blog.widseth.com/hubfs/Emma%20960%20no%20play.jpg) Today is "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day," which is part of National Engineers Week. Meet Emma Clarke (previously Emma Young), an engineer in training at Widseth. In this short video, Emma explains how she became interested in engineering and her experience as an intern. *"If you are a young girl who is interested in engineering, construction, or project management, I encourage you to go after it. Don't be intimidated, it's a really awesome field once you get into it."* — Emma Clarke     # Did You Know Widseth Offers Seven Different Engineering Services? We've been sharing information all week on social media to celebrate National Engineers Week. 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