Young women of color are learning about their Black history on a new level. Drone pilots are using mapping technology to learn more about San Diego County’s rich Black culture. “Growing up like being African American, I feel like there's a lot of my history that I don't know, just because it's not often taught in schools,” said Shyanne Smith, her-storian. Now she is using STEM to write another chapter in Black history. She and a group of 16–19 year-old BIPOC women who call themselves her-storians are ambassadors for the San Diego based non-profit Our Genetic Legacy Drone Project. “Taking back history that is male-centered, that is also Eurocentric, we're taking back history and just making it our history,” said Smith. By using LiDAR drones and other geospatial technology, young BIPOC women are mapping Harrison Serenity Ranch where San Diego County's first Black landowner Nathan Harrison once lived in the Palomar Mountains and Julian. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/outreach/innovate8/using-drones-to-preserve-rewrite-black-history-in-san-diego-county/509-95e4d181-b92a-4aef-a5e6-54d3259ee3e2