Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is a show that centers on Zoey Clarke, a woman in STEM who can also hear people’s feelings through song. This can come in handy sometimes, especially when she hears her coworkers’ thoughts on her promotion. She is a valuable software engineer for the company. 

Zoey was always into technology. When she was five she took apart her parents’ broken VCR and put it back together to fix it. She is also ambitious and hardworking but has problems with being assertive. She worked as a software engineer at SPRQ Point for five years before getting promoted to engineering manager. 

DOES ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST 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): Most of SPRQ Point is made up by men, but there are three woman, all of which are in management and one of which is a woman of colour. This show does meet the goal

2. Highlight the breadth of STEM careers and social impacts: A couple different careers from this tech company are shown from software engineer to management. They also show how the apps they are creating could change lives. The show does meet this goal. 

3.  Debunk STEM stigmas and misconceptions: There are a lot of stereotypes in the show and they also tried to pit the women characters against each other. This show does not meet this goal.