Joe Melendez

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Why did you choose a career in education?

The career chose me. I had worked as a reporter and technologist before deciding to go back to college to finish my degree. While in school, I began working for the Liberty Science Center, where I discovered a love for communicating STEM to large and varying audiences. Soon I was developing my own STEM programs and helping public and private organizations around the world as they developed their own, before joining the CS4All and the Department of Education. 

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How do you plan on bringing Making to your students this year?

I have the pleasure of helping wonderful and amazing teachers through CS4All.  I help teachers not only learn about computer science and how to bring it into their classrooms, but I encourage them to give their students a space to explore and be digital content creators or makers, as opposed to consumers.