[caption id="attachment_20872" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Madeline Ryder (fourth from left) poses with other volunteers and students from CVCA on a STEM challenge day.[/caption] “My generation is a product of a lot of hard work done by women before us. Be confident in what you do and actively...
In Memoriam Honoring Chetan Phadnis Chetan always said hello. He always remembered a name. He always smiled. He was just a kind soul. These are just a few ways Lumity’s board, staff, volunteers and students will remember our wonderful board member Chetan Phadnis, who passed away this...
Better than Kale: Lumity News that Makes You Feel Good Deon Brown’s dream is to become a chef—and Lumity is helping him achieve it. Deon is a recent graduate of Ombudsman Chicago South, an alternative high school on the southwest side of Chicago. Last summer, he also...
At Pariveda Solutions, our motto is Learn. Coach. Give. It’s exactly why I joined the company six years ago. I’ve always been energized and motivated by helping other people grow their careers, so Pariveda Solution’s motto resonates with who I am. Today, my role is...
We join so many others in mourning the loss of Harold Davis. If you’ve worked with youth in Chicago, then you knew—or at least knew of—Harold. For Lumity, Harold inspired our vision of engaging all students in STEM education and creating pathways to various STEM careers. We were...
Josh Moore, Technology Consultant, Deloitte Consulting LLP, has been Stepping up for STEM with Lumity for more than a year. We caught up with him to hear more about what drives him to volunteer despite his busy schedule. Lumity: Let’s jump right in. We love working...
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MacGyver, Mobile Tech & Mentoring Lumity corporate volunteer Arnold Tate has always been curious about how things work. “Growing up during the ‘MacGyver era,’ I was intrigued by how the character used simple objects to solve a problem, such as transforming rubber bands and straws into...
Don’t Squander Opportunities. Work Hard. Over Deliver. by Jack Shedd, Co-owner and “chief nerd” of Mess, a web design and digital marketing agency in Chicago. By trade, Jack Shedd is a software developer, but, as he tells us, he has worn “every hat that can fit on...
Chicago Teens + Lumity’s Professional Mentoring + Real STEM Work = STEM Champs In our last blog post, you met our STEM Fair’s championship team. They are impressive. But, as those teens would be the first to tell you, all Lumity teens are champions. We’re not...
