Zendaya talks about the importance of STEM, #weneedmore initiative

There is no doubt about it, Zendaya is a woman of many talents.

From acting and producing, to being a platinum-selling recording artist and entrepreneur, Zendaya is quickly becoming one of the next generation's most influential artists. While the actress keeps her hands full with a bevy of projects, she recently teamed up with Verizon on their #weneedmore campaign to bring attention to careers in STEM.

"I was immediately into it because my mother -- both of my parents -- are educators, but my mom taught in an underprivileged school that didn't have the funding or the abilities to get technology into the classrooms," said Zendaya. "My mom had to do it on her own, she didn't have a program like this to help introduce her kids into those things."

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Zendaya tells AOL that she witnessed firsthand how science and technology opened the students' eyes to other career opportunities they might not have realized existed.

The #weneedmore campaign focuses on bringing free technology, access and immersive hands-on learning to students in need. Verizon hopes to ensure a future where the current 4.4 million jobs available in tech, are filled by today's students.

In an intimate setting at Capitol Studios recently, Zendya and her audio engineer gave a behind-the-scenes look to a group of students on the making of a hit song.

"Often we glamorize being a singer or actor, but we don't think about all the other options that there are out there, " said the singer. "All the other amazing cool things that are a part of making all this magic happen."

Zendaya stresses that not a lot of kids know that to make a song, music video or blockbuster movie, there is a whole team of engineers, producers and editors that have (and need) backgrounds in STEM.

The actress expressed how she hopes that by teaching these kids that STEM is cool and exciting, the kids -- especially the young girls -- can follow suit. She claims that young girls are often encouraged to pursue careers in the creative arts and are discouraged from pursuing jobs in math, technology and science.

"I hope they will achieve a sense of empowerment," the signer said. "To me it's empowering to see women in those [STEM] roles. In order for us to progress and move forward we have to be a little uncomfortable -- that's the only way to make change."

You can visit weneedmore.com to learn more.

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