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'''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)

'''Contact her about:''' Human-Centered Design, Design Thinking in Education and Medicine, Building community in a diverse campusSTEM Outreach, first-year engineering student projectsworkforce development, internship opportunities, Women in STEM resources, learning spanish or any type of latin , dancing.

'''Email:''' msagastume2014@my.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 currently a PhD student in Human-Centered Design and is working on her literature review works as an Engineering Designer at Florida Tech's Center for her dissertation topicAdvanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design. She will teach first-year experience Her passion for the 3rd time during the fall semester STEM has allowed her to first-year engineering work closely with 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 maker spaces kids through several STEM outreach initiatives like summer camps and innovative workshops and incorporating entrepreneurial mindset to first year engineering studentsclasses.

Maria has been part of the department of Residence Life at Florida Tech for 5 years and she has experienced different leadership roles within this department. Currently, she is a Resident Director and supervises resident assistants in an upperclassmen area and works with other campus departments to provide safe and educational events to students that enhance their experience at Florida Tech. As a Women in STEM, Maria also serves as a champion 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 industry experience from her internship at a local medical device company called Medicomp where she worked for the past 2 years in the departments of engineering, quality and regulatory, marketing, and product and strategy. Maria hopes to work with this company for her dissertation research and study patient engagement and recovery from data obtained through cardiac monitors and implantable devices.

As a women in STEM, Maria is part of the creative staff volunteers for Reinvented Magazine, the nation's first printed magazine made by women in STEM, for women in STEMand for WeVenture, Florida Tech's Women Business Incubator and Mentorship Center. Maria also enjoys volunteering with the SWE Society of Women Engineering chapter at Florida Tech as a member and she previously held positions of President of the Biomedical Engineering Society and member of Student Government 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 and kids camps in the summer and fall 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.