Dr. Sharon Hayes is a neuroscientist who is waiting to hear if she’s going to receive a half-million-dollar fellowship. She had been working hard on her research and was counting on this money to elevate it. Thematically for this movie, her research is on grief. While she's waiting to hear if she won the fellowship or not she goes back to her hometown to deal with her grandmother’s estate. Her grandmother raised her and died recently.

Sharon’s grandmother was a therapist and inspired and encouraged her to go into STEM. She was inspired by the impact her grandmother had on her patients. 

DOES TWO TURTLE DOVES MEET THE GOALS SET OUT BY THE WHITE HOUSE FOR BETTER REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN STEM FIELDS?

The former Obama Administration's White House fact sheet lists 3 goals for fictional representation of women in STEM. We are noticing a trend in the movies and television shows we have reviewed - they meet some of the following goals better than others.

1.  Include diverse STEM role models (past and present): There isn't a lot of people in STEM careers in this movie, but both of them are women, both with PhDs in Psychology. Both of these women are also white. This movie moderately meets this goal.

2. Highlight the breadth of STEM careers and social impacts: The only field in this movie is psychology but both the women use psychology to help and inspire others, so this film somewhat meets the goal.

3.  Debunk STEM stigmas and misconceptions: Honestly, the film doesn't really deal with this much. The other characters do take her seriously and call her Dr. Sharon. So this film does meet the goal.