Cultivating Geospatial Engineers in a Population Underrepresented in STEM Industries

Abstract

is a Project Manager with the Maui Economic Development Board's Women in Technology Program. She develops and manages several statewide STEM education initiatives, including the GeoTech for Hawaii Schools initiative. She facilitates the professional development courses for teachers throughout Hawaii, supports events for students, and is the webcast facilitator for the state's annual GIS Day celebration. She holds a Master of Science in Education and has fourteen years experience working as an educator, a curriculum developer, and a professional development specialist. Leslie Wilkins , Maui Economic Development Board Leslie Wilkins has served as the Vice President of the Maui Economic Development Board since 1999. She was hired to design, launch and direct the Women in Technology Project with a mission to engage girls/women and under represented populations into the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) pipeline. In its tenth year, the program serves annually more than 14,000 students, educators and industry members throughout the state of Hawaii from elementary school to job placement.