Profile of Female Engineer ITP Alum

Monday, Jul 24, 2017

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Melissa Felderman

A profile on ITP Alumna Melissa Felderman on Hello Giggles website.

"This fabulous female engineer uses arts and crafts to inspire girls to try science"

by Sarah Terry, July 19, 2017

In 2009, women made up only 24% of workers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Those are some pretty low numbers, especially since STEM careers offer some great jobs. Enter Melissa Felderman, who is determined to see those numbers change in the most fun way possible. Melissa is a creative technologist at SparkFun, a company that sells electronics parts online. We spoke to Melissa about her work helping to create projects that demystify the world of electronics.