Quymbee Chen is exactly the type of teenager I hope my animated show, "Dot," inspires young girls to be. She's enthusiastic about tech, curious and imaginative, and best of all, she understands the importance of education.

This is why I support Quymbee Chen's work.

Quymbee Chen is a 19-year-old working as the community manager for startup tech company Jewelbots as a part of her gap year. Quymbee started out interning for Jewelbots when she was a sophomore at The Bronx High School of Science, and she began working full time once she graduated.

1) How did you go from high-school intern to full-time employee?

When I was an intern in high school working for Jewelbots, I fit closer to their audience range than any of the employees themselves, so I had a lot of fun helping to give them feedback on trends, language usage and branding opinions.

I started working with Jewelbots even when it was still on Kickstarter. I have seen how the product has grown and developed, as I helped to test the prototypes and got to know the audience. It only seemed natural to become a full-time employee when I graduated high school, since I was in love with everything about the product and I didn't need any training.

2) What's it like being a teenager in the tech industry?

It's sometimes overwhelming to be a teenager in the tech industry because there are many things that the whole room seems to know except you. However, in such a scenario, it's important to remember not to be afraid to ask questions and persevere!

Although the tech industry is scary in the way that it's always changing and adapting, it is also a lot of fun to work in such a field because I am always learning new skills and information constantly. It's good to be kept on your toes.

3) What are some of the skills you're learning working with Jewelbots?

Since the beginning of my work with Jewelbots, I have always focused on audience targeting. It's obviously important to make the product interesting and desirable to the audience you're selling towards. However, there's a lot that goes into it — especially with social media to keep in mind. As community manager at Jewelbots, I focus on making content for our audience, which is 13- to 16-year-old girls. This involves photography, reaching out to public figures and, of course, clever tweeting.

It's a creative challenge to make STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) cool and trendy, especially with preteen and teen girls. I feel like this is where most of my work as a teen comes in, since I do put my own voice into it a lot. When you're influencing an entire audience of young minds, there's pressure to put out the right message. For instance, working towards equality in STEM but exclusively advertising towards girls, people ask, "What about the boys? Is that really equal?" It gets frustrating! However, you just have to continue to stick by your purpose. It's rewarding, since we do get messages from girls reaching out to tell us that they appreciate what Jewelbots stands for. It's those messages that motivate me to keep going!

4) Will you be studying STEM in college?

Yes. Wanting to study STEM in college has been an interesting conflict for me, though. It's been an inner struggle to realize my own purpose of studying STEM. Is it because I grew up with a mathematician programmer type of dad who has always bumper-bowled me in that direction? Is it because, as a female, I want to make a statement against gender stereotypes? One thing I know is that when I first made the decision, it wasn't for myself.

But also, working at Jewelbots, I've had to program, well, Jewelbots! I'm not responsible for the actual firmware and building of the product itself. However, in our Jewelbot community forums, I am responsible for helping to debug our customers' code, writing cool ideas for people to try and solving problems. I code the Jewelbot like a user would, and it really is exciting when I can get something to work!

I help to write the instructions for the "Getting Started" website on Jewelbots, so this involves a bit of website programming to display the content up. Although HTML and CSS is relatively simple, it's still fun to get it done. Although I'm not the type of person that codes a thousand lines a day as a hobby, programming and STEM is something I enjoy to do nonetheless.

The first time I was applying to college, I wanted to be college-bound. This time applying, I want to learn.

Randi Zuckerberg is the founder of Zuckerberg Media, a best-selling author and the host of a weekly business show on SiriusXM, "Dot Complicated." To find out more about Randi Zuckerberg and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.