Maia Weinstock

Writer and editor Maia Weinstock is the author of Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus (MIT Press, 2022), which has earned advance praise with a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Deputy editorial director at MIT News, Weinstock previously served as the editorial director at BrainPOP, and has been a staff member at Discover, SPACE.com, Aviation Week & Space Technology, and Scholastic's Science World. A strong advocate for girls and women and a lecturer at MIT on the history of women in STEM, Weinstock has also been a contributor to Scientific American on diversity in STEM media. Weinstock is internationally known for her custom LEGO projects including Women of NASA, a LEGO Ideas-winning and Amazon best-selling toy; and Women of Computing, currently under consideration for production by LEGO Ideas. She has also led efforts to increase the participation and representation of women on Wikipedia. Follow @20tauri on Instagram and Twitter.