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Minal Patel is an engineer. She joined fellow engineers Mimi-Isabella Nwosu and Ebony Allison for the Born to Engineer roundtable, an honest conversation about everything from working in McDonald’s to diversity and pay.
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In this interview, Minal talks about her own route into engineering.
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