A scientist creeps thru cattails in Longmont’s Quail Pond to find colorful invertebrates, thrilled to be an ecologist, an environmentalist and a Cool Girl. This is one way the multicultural Cool Girls Science and Art Club nurtures the next generation of community leaders in STEAM. Touring the Dream Chaser spaceship with women engineers and an astronaut is another. Guided by passionate volunteer mentors, Cool Girls develop the confidence and skills to stick with math and science and thrive.