Ruby Rios
Girls in Tech Advocate
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Ruby Rios is a senior student at Bishop Miege High School in Shawnee Mission, Kansas and a software development intern at Cerner Corporation. She's a leader in her school's FIRST Robotics and forensics teams, and she's been especially active in the Kansas City community, working to create STEM-related educational opportunities for young people. Along with Erin Smith, Ruby is a co-founder and instructor for "KC STEMinists", an educational program that helps girls apply technology to entrepreneurship and global issues. She has also established new "Girls Who Code" clubs in the Kansas City area. Last summer, Ruby traveled to Malawi, Africa to participate in "WiSci 2017", a 3-week STEM camp sponsored by the United Nations “Girl Up” campaign. There she received technology training from Google and Intel alongside other high school girls from the U.S. and girls from seven African nations. Ruby is a national winner of the "Aspirations in Computing" award sponsored by NCWIT, and she was featured by Ink Magazine as one of Kansas City's "30 Under 30" for 2017.
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Who Run the World?
While Beyoncé may answer this question with a loud, enthusiastic “GIRLS”, let’s be real: the people in technology are making this world go around. And in STEM careers and STEM majors, the gender gap is still clearly in effect. In this talk, a recent high school graduate and Girls in Tech leader will offer a fresh perspective about the disconnect between girls and careers in technology, despite the ongoing efforts by many to close this gap. We'll get real about why we still aren’t seeing enough girls pursue these careers, why it’s still important to change this, and how we can all become better allies (or “STEMinists”) to help fix the issue.
Don't Worry, be Appy
Have you ever used Snapchat? Instagram? Or maybe you have a few games you like to play on your phone. No matter what kind, you've almost certainly used apps before. But have you ever had the opportunity to create an app?
In this presentation, you will be given an introductory look into how to develop an Android application using MIT App Inventor, a drag & drop development tool. There will be a live demonstration of how to use App Inventor to create your very first Android app, and we will review tools that App Inventor provides to help you build even more complex applications in the future.
The target audience for this talk is people between the 4th and 8th grade.
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