Makpar Honors National STEM Day with Pledge to Bring More Women Into Government IT
November 8th marks National STEM Day, which encourage kids to explore science, technology, engineering, art and math with the goal of achieving prosperous careers in this arena.
Now more than ever, advancing STEM opportunities for young people in the United States has never been more important. According to the Pew Research Center, U.S. students continue to lag behind many other advanced industrial nations.
Fortunately, female STEM workers have increased from 8 percent in 1970 to 27 percent in 2019. While this is a dramatic increase, women are still under-represented in STEM fields, and more needs to be done, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Last month, the Department of Education launched its “YOU Belong in STEM” campaign, which aims to create a broader STEM education ecosystem from Pre-K through higher education.
As a family- and women-owned business, Makpar also continually aims to provide STEM-related job opportunities for women and young people. Here are some examples of Makpar’s female government IT experts in action:
Aurora Parisea, a Full Stack Developer at Makpar: Aurora discusses how she built a neural network for the Makpar Innovation Lab, and why neural networks are important for government, in this Fed Mission Success podcast interview.
Phung Ngo, UX/Front End Developer at Makpar: In this Q&A interview, Phung discusses her transition from being an intern at Makpar to taking over the role of being the UX/Front End Developer at the company.
Anjali Astavans, Quality Manager & Project Coordinator: In this Employee Spotlight, Anjali discusses her role at Makpar, and shares why the company is the “right place for the right people with the right skills.”
Grace Akwo, Scrum Master at Makpar: Grace shares her deep knowledge of Agile development and government in this Makpar Agile “How To” video podcast series. She also recently received the Makpar “Calm Execution” award for always calming customers with her winning and contagious personality.
Rhonda Burton, Recruiter at Makpar: Rhonda Burton recently received the Makpar “On It” award for driving all of the company’s recruitment efforts, which has been foundational for bringing on the right talent to meet government mission needs.
In addition, Makpar fully supports working moms by allowing them to achieve the most optimal work-life balance for maximum productivity and happiness. In honor of Women’s Month 2022, we also published this round table Q&A with several female Makpar employees.
Want to join the #MakparProud team and help us expand STEM career opportunities for women? Learn more about career opportunities and job openings at Makpar here.