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Designing a new LEGO® set

You might think some of the toys we play with aren’t cool anymore, but some of them can actually hold the keys to our future identities. Sometimes toys can inspire us to become who we want to be…

Take Ellen Kooijman for example; she’s got a wicked job as a geoscientist and designer. Ellen has used LEGO® to defy gender stereotypes by developing her very own set! Discover how she plans to inspire more girls to get into a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics below.

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