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As a high school student in the ACE Mentor program, Schillivia Baptiste was intrigued by a career in engineering. She took part in a local summer engineering program at Manhattan College that led her to degrees in civil engineering in both college and graduate school and later to start her own firm. 

As CEO of Mineola, New York-based Laland Baptiste Construction Management and Engineering Consultants, Baptiste is committed to bringing more women and people of color into engineering and STEM jobs."

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