Mary Shakshober
Mary is a Senior Interaction Designer at Red Hat as well as a leader in the STEM education realm at the company. She completed her Masters in Secondary Education in May of 2024 with the intention of growing her efforts in the community to connect public school youth in the K-12 age range to pockets of the tech industry that they may not have awareness into.
Session
In this panel-style talk, we will learn how the tech industry is partnering with local K-12 schools to expose students to engaging career paths at young age. We will explore this topic from various perspectives ranging from: the benefit to the industry of igniting tech curiosity early, how these efforts impact DEI, why the education community cares about this, why parents and families care about this, recent public school engagements, and more.