In this session, Katie shared her latest projects to create spy-girl dolls that communicate via secret LED and light sensor jewelry, code a candy machine in Python, and start Street Corner STEAM, a neighborhood creativity project that anyone can lead.

This was a fun session with coding and craft demonstrations and also incorporated stories from Katie’s education and career journey. Whether you are studying STEM in school currently or in a STEM career already, Katie shared valuable tips for creating your best future and becoming a creative leader wherever you are! 

Katie is the Head of Partner Engagement for the Micro:bit Educational Foundation in North America. She has worked in education for ten years, teaching students in kindergarten through college, and training more than 3000 educators worldwide on the topics of computer science and digital creativity. Katie is a licensed school administrator and computer technology coach.

Recently Katie has been invited to join U.S state, federal, and international education policy and diplomacy efforts. She served on the Women in STEM roundtable discussion at the Pennsylvania governor’s office, as a Pennsylvania delegate to the State-Federal STEM Summit in Washington, DC, and as a U.S. Speaker in Morocco, sponsored by the U.S. State Department.