Jessica Levett
Stemette
At 20 years old, Jessica Levett is one of the youngest Scrum Masters for software development in the world. She attributes her success to the support she has received throughout her STEM career.
It all began when Jessica’s uncle signed her and her cousins up for the Stemettes Rise Hack for International Women’s Day in March 2016. From that point, she went on to take part in several events and interventions over the years including: the STS Sherpee Programme, Stemillions, the Beep Boop for Change Robotics Hack, O to the B, Meet the Stemettes @ BAE Systems, various Stemettes meetups, the Grace Hopper Conference, NASA, QA Agile Academy and STEM Mode In with GCHQ.
“I have been with Stemettes since I was about 14 where I attended my first Hackathon and won an app designing competition. Little did I know how wonderfully my life would change from there” she says.
I see the true beauty in being your own person, owning who you are as an individual and rocking it.
Carving a pathway
Jessica decided to take on an apprenticeship with a bank in order to fulfil her career goals: “I spent all my work holidays and weekends to attend Stemettes ceremonies and worked extra hours just so I could be there. They have dedicated so much of their time to benefiting me that I would like to continue to be part of that positive female empowering energy experienced during the trip to America (Grace Hopper Conference).”
Perseverance in the STEM space
Jessica then applied to be The Regional Stemettes representative for the South West in April 2021.“I have bought many agile training books leading up to this training session to get a head start as I want to make agile my career as soon as possible. I had a look into it and fell in love with it completely.”
Life outside of STEM
Jessica says her other interests include seeing the best in people and she has a passion for creating organic diversity within organisations and seeing the strengths in individuals.
“I grew up as a young carer alongside my siblings in a multi abilities, multinational and multifaith household. I see the true beauty in being your own person, owning who you are as an individual and rocking it. When you start to see the positives in being unique then you will start to see such beauty in the world and open your eyes to another field of flowers.”