Mayim Bialik excited to become 'female role model' hosting Jeopardy!
'I really didn't grow up with a lot of female role models,' says Bialik
Mayim Bialik is touching on the 'immense honor' of guest-hosting Jeopardy!
Speaking in an interview on Saturday, Bialik reflected on the significance of her role in breaking barriers for young women.
"This is such an iconic and unbelievable piece of our collective culture, to be considered to be part of it really in any way, it's an immense honor," she said. "Especially for someone who's dedicated so much of my life to academia to knowing things and to being able to communicate things."
The Big Bang Theory star, PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, wants to mark this milestone as an inspiration for all the young females who wants to pursue a career in academia and science.
"Being a woman of science, as I am, is something that I'm obviously very passionate about presenting myself as," she explained. "I really didn't grow up with a lot of female role models and I think especially for young people — not just young girls, but for young girls and boys — to see that women can be scientists and can do these types of intellectual things, that feels very important to me."
