How you do become a role model for diversity in mining? For Theresa Nyabeze, you conjure up a story to occupy four children on a road trip from Sudbury to Ottawa. "They just started to razz each other," said Nyabeze, 39, a professional mining engineer who works as a frontline supervisor for Vale and is the CEO of Diversity STEM "So I said, 'You know what? Here's a notebook. I'm going to dictate a book, and you're going to write.'" That first draft has now become Nyabeze's self-published book, Underground! My Mining Adventure, the story of Maiya, a young girl who explores the world of mining with her mother. Throughout the story, Maiya sees the diverse people and technology that make up Canadian mining.
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