In this episode, President and CEO of Project Lead The Way, Dr. David Dimmett, sits down with PLTW alum, Anyshya Hemphill and her former PLTW teacher and mentor, Christina Chandler, to chat about their PLTW experiences, the early days of Anyshya’s STEM journey, what she’s doing now, and what is on the horizon for her.

This is our first PLTW Alumni Spotlight episode, but we plan to do more in the future. If you or someone you know is a PLTW Alumni and are interested in sharing your story on an upcoming episode of the podcast, please feel free to send a direct message to @pltworg on LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook.

Guest(s):

• Christina Chandler, Community Impact Education Manager at JE Dunn Construction. Former PLTW teacher.
• Anyshya Hemphill, Computer Science Major/Psychology Minor at the University of Missouri-Colombia. Mizzou NSBE President.

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Resources:

Mizzou National Society of Black Engineers

Girls in STEM KC

Student Made Mizzou

Article: https://business.missouri.edu/about/news/mizzous-hustle-culture-finds-home-new-online-retail-platform

Cyber Creationz Tech

Girls Who Code

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More Learning!

Case Study: How the KC STEM Alliance increases student access and career potential: https://www.pltw.org/hubfs/PLTW_Brand/KCSTEMAlliance_CaseStudy.pdf

Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) and PLTW have been collaborating for years—and the impact is clear: https://www.pltw.org/hubfs/KCPS_ImpactProfile.pdf

More PLTW high school courses = better student outcomes. See the data: https://www.pltw.org/hubfs/PLTW_Brand/impact-profiles/Missouri-PLTW_One-Pager_Digital.pdf

Collaboration with classmates and community can take projects to an award-winning level: https://www.pltw.org/blog/2024-25-pltw-community-impact-awards-celebrating-student-innovation-and-real-world-problem-solving

Computer science and engineering courses helped Anyshya build her STEM identity in high school—explore the curriculum here: https://www.pltw.org/curriculum

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Connect on Social Media:

Connect with Anyshya on LinkedIn

JE Dunn Construction on LinkedIn

JE Dunn on Facebook

JE Dunn on X

JE Dunn on Instagram

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