Guest Speaker: Mareen Myrie

Ms. Maureen Myrie, PMP is the Founder/President/CEO of The STEAM Generation, a community-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing STEAM enrichment education to children 4-14. Born to Jamaican immigrants, Maureen was raised in NY and brought up in a household where education, specifically technology and engineering, was exposed to her in a fun way. Maureen obtained her B.S. degree from the University of Alabama Huntsville in Business Administration with a Management Information Systems concentration. Maureen spent her career as an IT professional with over a decade of experience as a Consultant and Program Manager at some of the top corporations in the region, including Accenture, CoxCommunications, and First Data. After years of working in corporate America, Maureen identified a lack of equitable resources for children in the local community. It was at this point in 2013, The STEAM Generation nonprofit was founded. Based on her early years,…