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'''School: ''' Florida Institute of Technology
'''What she does now: PhD student ''' Engineering Designer at Florida Institute of Technology, Resident Director, FYE Instructor, Tech's Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Product & Strategy Intern at Medicomp Inc.Innovative Design (CAMID)
As a Women in STEM, Maria Sagastume earned her Bachelors serves as a champion for the Women in Biomedical Engineering and STEM Education and an MBA in Healthcare Management Living Learning Community at Florida Tech where she organizes networking events and professional panels for the girls in Melbournethis community. Besides this leadership experience, Florida. She is now Maria has industry experience from her internship at a PhD student in Human-Centered Design and teaches first-year experience during local medical device company called Medicomp where she worked for the fall semester to first-year departments of engineering students. She was selected to represent Florida Tech at the KEEN conference as an FYE instructor , quality and regulatory, marketing, and is part of the group of faculty working on the KEEN project for makerspaces product and incorporating entrepreneurial mindset to first year engineering studentsstrategy.
Maria was trained volunteers for Reinvented Magazine, the nation's first printed magazine made by women in STEM, for women in STEM and for WeVenture, Florida Tech's Women Business Incubator and Mentorship Center. Maria also enjoys volunteering with the Society of Women Engineering chapter at Florida Tech as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2017, member and attended she previously held positions of President of the Silicon Valley meetup in November 2017Biomedical Engineering Society and member of Student Government and Latin American Student Association. She continued her support on has also volunteered with the Innovation Council and Scott's Autism center at Florida Tech to plan activities for the social skill program and promoted kids camps in the ideas from the conference within the department of Residence Life summer and when teaching First Year Experience classesfall semesters.
Maria was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2017, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in November 2017. She continued her support on the Innovation Council ant Florida Tech and promoted the ideas from the Silicon Valley meetup within the department of Residence Life and when teaching First Year Experience classes. Her main exposure has been with faculty members that are part of the KEEN network and planning for teaching FYE classes to engineering students that incorporate entrepreneurial mindset, design thinking and the 3 Cs : Curiosity, Connections, and Creating value. Maria now hopes to bring her experience into higher education as she now works for Florida Tech as a full time staff member. = <span id="Related_Links">RELATED LINKS</span> =
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