User:BailsW/Cindy Yeilding
When Yeilding was a young child, her mother would take her to hunt for fossils and rocks, this promoted her love for geology. Yeilding was recognized for her mathematical talent during her high school years. At university, she initially pursued a math degree, except her true passion was art history and architecture. Eventually she switched to a geology major, which she saw as "the perfect melding of art and science". She earned a bachelor's degree in Geology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a master's degree from the University of North Carolina.
Yeilding has stated that she faced difficulties as a woman in the petroleum industry. In the early stages of her career, male engineers working on oil rigs disregarded Yeilding and assumed she didn't understand the complexity of drilling. Despite this she persevered and built relationships with the crew that allowed them to realize how valuable she was to the team. Yeilding learned a lot of lessons while being in the petroleum industry's one being, "it isn't race or gender that defines us: it is our brains". She stated that by using the "bigger brain" which is using every ones experiences, insights and knowledge together can allow for complex problems to be solved.
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Cindy Ann Yeilding | |
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| Born | May 23, 1960 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bachelors of Geology form Southern Methodist University Masters degree in Geology from University of North Carolina |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University University of North Carolina |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geography |
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[edit]Cindy Yeilding Shows Us How STEM Careers Rock (forbes.com)[1]
Cindy Yeilding, BP | Top 275 | Energy Council[2]