UMaine president talks leadership, careers in STEM as female [Video]

ORONO, Maine (WABI) – We just wrapped up Women’s History Month and we’ve been sharing the stories of Maine women who have made history and are making a name for themselves.

Including Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, the President of the University of Maine in Orono and in Machias

”Sometimes I think about being the bossy older sister of two younger brothers maybe as my first real leadership opportunity,” Ferrini-Mundy said.

It’s position she says she didn’t even see coming.

“It was never a plan. I was never in any kind of kind of a role where I was thinking, ‘here’s what’s next and here’s what’s next and here’s what I’d like to have at the end,’” Ferrini-Mundy said.

She credits the people around her for helping her with each step.

“So I started with an aspiration of being a high school math teacher. That’s what I really expected to do and be in my hometown. By the way, I was …