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'''What she does nowSchool:''' PhD student at Florida Institute of Technology, Resident Director, FYE Instructor, and Product & Strategy Intern at Medicomp Inc.

'''Contact her aboutWhat she does now:''' Human-Centered Design, Engineering Designer at Florida Tech's Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design Thinking in Education and Medicine, Building community in a diverse campus, first-year engineering student projects, internship opportunities, Women in STEM resources, learning spanish or any type of latin dancing.(CAMID)

Email'''Contact her about: msagastume2014@my''' Human-Centered Design, Design Thinking in Education and Medicine, STEM Outreach, workforce development, internship opportunities, Women in STEM resources, learning spanish, dancing.fit.edu

Phone'''Email: 321-960-8655''' msagastume2014@fit.edu

Maria Sagastume earned her Bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering and STEM Education and an MBA in Healthcare Management at Florida Tech in Melbourne, Florida. She is now a PhD student in Human-Centered Design and is working on her literature review for her dissertation topic. She will teach first'''Phone:''' 321-year experience for the 3rd time during the fall semester to first960-year engineering students where she will incorporate the KEEN mindset and 3C's model that she was trained on when she represented Florida Tech at the KEEN conference as an FYE instructor. Maria is part of the group of faculty working on the KEEN project for makerspaces and incorporating entrepreneurial mindset to first year engineering students.8655

Maria has been part of the department of Residence Life Sagastume earned her Bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering and STEM Education and an MBA in Healthcare Management at Florida Tech for 5 years and she has experienced different leadership roles within this department. Currently, she She is currently a Resident Director and supervises resident assistants PhD student in an upperclassmen area Human-Centered Design and works with other campus departments to provide safe and educational events to students that enhance their experience as an Engineering Designer at Florida Tech's Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design. As a Women in STEM, Maria also serves as a champion Her passion for the Women in STEM Living Learning Community at Florida Tech where she organizes networking events and professional panels for the girls in this community. Besides this leadership experience, Maria has been an intern for a local medical device company for the past 2 years in the departments of engineering, quality and regulatory, marketing, and product and strategy. Maria hopes allowed her to work closely with this company for her dissertation research students and study patient engagement kids through several STEM outreach initiatives like summer camps and recovery from data obtained through cardiac monitors innovative workshops and implantable devicesclasses.

As a women Women in STEM, Maria is part of the creative staff serves as a champion for Reinvented Magazine, the nation's first printed magazine made by women Women in STEM, Living Learning Community at Florida Tech where she organizes networking events and professional panels for women the girls in STEMthis community. Besides this leadership experience, Maria also enjoys volunteering with the SWE chapter has industry experience from her internship at Florida Tech as a member and local medical device company called Medicomp where she previously held positions of President of worked for the Biomedical Engineering Society and member departments of Student Government engineering, quality and Latin American Student Association. She has also volunteered with the Scott's Autism center at Florida Tech to plan activities for the social skill program regulatory, marketing, and kids camps in the summer product and fall semestersstrategy.

Maria was trained as a University Innovation Fellow volunteers for Reinvented Magazine, the nation's first printed magazine made by women in STEM, for women in Spring 2017STEM and for WeVenture, Florida Tech's Women Business Incubator and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in November 2017Mentorship Center. She continued her support on Maria also enjoys volunteering with the Innovation Council ant Society of Women Engineering chapter at Florida Tech as a member and promoted she previously held positions of President of the ideas from the Silicon Valley meetup within the department Biomedical Engineering Society and member of Residence Life Student Government and when teaching First Year Experience classesLatin American Student Association. Her main exposure She has been also volunteered with faculty members that are part of the KEEN network and planning Scott's Autism center at Florida Tech to plan activities for teaching FYE classes to engineering students that incorporate entreprenurial mindset, design thinking the social skill program and kids camps in the 3 Cs : Curiosity, Connections, summer and creating valuefall 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> =