Making After-School Cool Podcast
Education
Attracting young adults to work with programs supporting youth is important yet can sometimes be difficult to achieve. However, when agencies can identify and engages young adults to play a role in the coordination of youth services then the benefits can be positive, and the programs become more appealing to school aged students. Therefore, this episode of Making After School Cool Podcast focuses on the importance of young adults, working with youth initiatives. To speak on this topic is Ms. Fernanda Marrero who is the Program Manager for the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Education
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Guest
My guest today is Ms. Fernanda Marrero who is the Program Manager for the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Education. Fernanda is a first-generation college graduate of the University of Houston, and a certified teacher through the teachHOUSTON program. She is currently working on her master’s in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Fernanda has a passion for making STEM more accessible to underrepresented groups and has worked with programs which makes computer science education accessible to all students.
Resources
Fernanda Marrero
Fernanda.Marrero@HoustonTX.gov
Mike Wilson
mwilson@hcde-texas.org
Harris County Department of Education
https://hcde-texas.org
CASE for Kids
hcde-texas.org/afterschool-zone
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