The under-representation of minorities, persons with disabilities and females in the STEM workforce is a serious social justice issue in a society that professes to be egalitarian and democratic (Wardle, Martin and Clarke, 2004). Considerations of social justice, national security, and economic wellbeing call for all individuals to have opportunities to pursue STEM careers. If we are to address it at the roots, it is imperative that the nation begins seriously to focus on this under-representation as a human capability realization problem, rather than as a STEM capacity building problem. The loss of opportunity and economic cost to individuals far outweighs the cost of lost STEM workers to society.