#iamnothidden

Margot Lee Shetterly (Right), author of Hidden Figures, comforts Alexis Pyles, 10, from Romulus, MI, after Pyles gets flustered while describing the challenges that her and her classmates face, after an appearance at the Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI on January 24, 2017.

Pyles is in an accelerated program in her school and was inspired to write a book about her classmates after reading Shetterly's book. While Pyles and the rest of her classmates earn some of the top marks in their school, they face poverty, emotional and physical abuse, and a variety of other challenges outside of school. "We really have to work more than others to earn what we get in life," Pyles said. "It's not fair."

Myles hopes to be a Michigan Engineer in the future.

Alec Gallimore, Robert J Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Richard F and Eleanor A Towner Professor of Engineering and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, hosts a fireside chat with Margot Lee Shetterly, author of "Hidden Figures," as part of the #IAmNotHidden event at the STAMPS Auditorium on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on January 24, 2017.