GoldieBlox teamed up with the If/Then Initiative to bring you the YouTube series Fast Forward Girls. The show follows the journey of young women as they learn about the STEM in the real world by immersing themselves in it with the help of leading female innovators. In the Fast Forward Girls Spotlight, we take a moment to get to know those innovators a little bit better.

Liz Bondi is a PhD student at USC currently studying computer science. She’ll transfer to Harvard in the fall, but before that, she’s developing technology that flies drones and determines where poachers are located. She was featured as one of the innovators on the Fast Forward Girls episode Hayley LeBlanc Helps Save Wild Animals. Check out our full interview with her about how her dad encouraged her STEM career, and what she would tell her younger self if she could.