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[[File:EmmaMayProfilePic.jpg|thumb|EmmaMayProfilePic.jpg]]Emma May is a freshman studying Computer Science University Innovation Fellow at the Colorado School school of Mines. She discovered her passion for programming her junior year of high school, after being pressured into is a computer science class by the teacher, who was looking to get more women involved in the program. It turned out to be the best peer pressure she could have given into. When not staring into a computer screen, desperately trying to find bugs in her code, Emma stays very activesophomore studying Computer&nbsp;Science. She enjoys exploring the outdoors by foot, kayak, or canoe. And while it doesn't boost her GPA, she runs for about eight credit hours a week. Outside of that, Emma works with Discovering TechnoloygTechnology, a program dedicated to encouraging elementary and middle school girls to pursue their interest in STEM fields. &nbsp;<div>On the Mines campus, Emma is incredibly excited for hopes to reshape the opportunity to be a University Innovation Fellowstandard teaching practices. She has traveled is currently working to multiple third world countriesreimagine the freshman cornerstone design class at Mines by integrating better team development, design thinking and has seen a heartfun! She is also working with other Fellows to design an app to re-breaking lack of education around imagine the worldcollege application process. She In the future, Emma hopes to gain a "toolbox for change" through UIF in order make huge changes to our education system to make a difference around the worldencourage creativity and student ownership of learning. [[File:EmmaMayProfilePic.&nbsp;jpg]]