Mentored projects from schools in:Staten Island, NY
About
Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Ph.D. is an artist, writer, and Associate Professor at Lehman College / CUNY. His work has been exhibited at venues such as SFMOMA, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, MOMA, ICA London, Whitney Museum of American Art, Palais du Tokyo, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, Transmediale, and more. His writing has appeared in publications such as WIRED and Make and his Scrapyard Challenge workshops have been held in over 15 countries on 5 continents.
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The best piece of career advice I've ever received
Don't be afraid to take risks.
Danny Jimenez
New York Public Library — Library Technical Assistant III
What I do all day at work?
I process books and serials, new acquisitions, to send to the offsite facility ReCAP which is shared between NYPL, Princeton, and Harvard libraries. I also send books to conservation for repairs.
About
Danny Jimenez, a Library Technical Assistant III at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is also an ARL Kaleidoscope Scholar of the 2024 cohort. He was a panelist at the New York Public Library Panel From Barrios, to Boroughs, to Branches: Tracing Latino* Heritage, Culture and Identity in NYC. He was also a panelist at DreamCon 2024 for the Cartoon Crazy Panel. He passionately advocates for global literacy.
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The best piece of career advice I've ever received
Stop expecting YOU from everyone else.
Bianca Lewis
Girls Who Hack — Founder/CEO
What I do all day at work?
I spend most my time working on classes for www.GirlsWhoHack.com or teaching them in person.
About
Bianca "BiaSciLab" Lewis is an 18 year old hacker who is an international speaker, presenting on a wide range of cybersecurity topics at major conferences. Seeing the lack of young girls in tech she founded Girls Who Hack a nonprofit dedicated to teaching girls hacking skills so that they can change the future. Today BiaSciLab plays a leading role in The Hacking Games, serving as the head of their youth advisory and influence board C.Y.B.E.R.
The best piece of career advice I've ever received
As you go through life, absorb knowledge like a sponge and squeeze it out wherever necessary.
Resources that I'd recommend
www.GirlsWhoHack.com
Eric Lewis
Power Home Remodeling — Engineer Of Things
About
Eric Lewis is the Engineer Of Things at Power Home Remodeling where he focuses on cyber security. He is also a Hacker, Programmer and Maker. Board member of DEFCON 610, a member of TOOOL, and 2600. When he is not breaking things, he likes to teach others programming, fixing, hacking and other useful skills.
