The biggest Ah-ha moment I experienced in my Kenan Fellowship was related to diversity in engineering fields. As a teacher, I am well aware of eliminating the achievement gap, gender gap, and other diversity-related movements. My biggest realization this summer was how large the number of foreign students is in the program where I spent my summer. This speaks to the world-renowned quality of our higher education programs. Unfortunately, many of the brightest students will leave the country with their knowledge. As the challenges in the world become more and more complex, we need smart engineers and scientists to solve an expanding list of problems.

As a STEM teacher, I have the power to spark the interest of new generations of students that may grow a love for STEM topics and eventually become highly educated experts that will lead not just the USA, but the world in technological innovations. This is a great responsibility.

The work I am involved in with Dr. Jeffrey at the FREEDM Systems Center aims to spark the interest of students in STEM fields through a kit of hands-on engineering lessons that will be distributed to every county in the state. I was also involved in the educational outreach at the center that aims to educate middle school students, high school students, teachers, and undergraduate students about electrical engineering.

Here is a video that explains the summer experience for students.
Summer FREEDM