Generation STEAM

What an energetic turnaround to my first day at #BIO24 Of course on my way to San Diego from Los Angeles there was a stall on the 5 freeway where I sat parked for 30 minutes because why not? My day could only go up from there 😅 Got to the convention center just in time to pick up my badge and make a few new connections at the WIB booth before the evening events. Started the evening off with Women In Bio - Engage. Educate. Empower.'s plenary program featuring an all star panel where they discussed the "niche business" of Women's Health. (Inside joke- there's nothing niche about Women's Health). These WIB at BIO events are always extra special because they're like mini reunions where I get to catch up and see faces from all over the country and of course always great to see our Los Angeles members represent our newest chapter. Then immediately after... raced over to Biocom California's summer concert at the Rady Shell where they shared some of their initiatives around Generation STEAM and their newest rebrand for the group purchasing organization CORE. All before the Plain White Tees performed a collection of songs I did not know but enjoyed none the less with great company- both old connections and new. Thank you to Angus McQuilken for the invite and also to Nelly Tian for my book that served as a great conversation starter at the concert 🤣🙏🏽 Looking forward to a full day at BIO today! Who else is here?

What an amazing time at Biocom California’s annual summer concert as a part of #BIO2024! It was an honor to represent Generation STEAM along with the rest of my colleagues at the Merch booth. Thank you to all of you who purchased Merch from us as proceeds went to benefiting K-12 #STEAM education and all our initiatives across the state of CA. All of the bands were fantastic and the Plain White Ts put on an awesome show! #heytheredelilah #swaytotherhythmoflove

We invite you to participate in our upcoming program, Girls Who Lead, a week-long summer externship serving nearly 80 students from two local high schools. Throughout this comprehensive experience, high school girls will engage in industry tours, hands-on learning activities, and valuable career connections. By providing exposure to real-world STEAM applications, fostering leadership skills, and facilitating interactions with industry professionals, Girls Who Lead empowers participants to envision themselves as future leaders in the #STEAM workforce. Companies can get involved by hosting a cohort of students at their campus for a day or by hosting a workshop at the participating students’ school for an afternoon. To learn more about Girls Who Lead and other programming supporting underrepresented students across California, please visit our website https://lnkd.in/gCXnAnqq or contact Silvana DelPiccolo. #STEMeducation #STEAM #Lifescience #Cybersecurity #Tech

We invite you to participate in our upcoming program, Girls Who Lead, a week-long summer externship that serves nearly 80 students across two cohorts from two local high schools. Throughout this comprehensive experience, these high school girls participate in industry tours, hands-on learning activities, and valuable career connections. By providing exposure to real-world STEAM applications, fostering leadership skills, and facilitating interactions with industry professionals, Girls Who Lead empowers participants to envision themselves as future leaders in STEAM.  STEAM companies across San Diego County can get involved by hosting a cohort of students at their campus for a day or by hosting a workshop at the participating students’ school for an afternoon.  To learn more about Girls Who Lead and other Generation STEAM programming supporting underrepresented students across California, please visit https://lnkd.in/ggKCQaic or contact Silvana DelPiccolo to learn more. #WomeninSTEM #STEAM

Thank you to the Chula Vista Community Foundation, an affiliate of the San Diego Foundation, for their generous award supporting the brand new Life Science Station, an exciting new experience for all fourth graders in Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD). We are thrilled to be recognized as one of the leading nonprofit organizations in education in the City of Chula Vista and grateful to CVESD for bringing us into this work. As we approach Life Science Station's grand opening later this summer, we look forward to bringing life science exposure and education to Chula Vista. #lifescience #K12 #STEAM

Inspiring students via Illumina's "Future is Bright" campaign I recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Cyndy Fuchigami, Hazelynn K., Jennifer Pellegrini, Thomas Brubaker, Kyle Shaver, MS-SCM, CPIM, Manjula Chelliserry, Mandy Nguyen, Stephanie Ogrey, Sandhya Sihra, and Sudarshan S. to share our career journeys and our adventures in the world of genomics with some amazing students! We visited three separate classes at Westview High School in San Diego, and their wonderful teacher Malinda Dixon. We left impressed by the quality of the student's questions and excited by the prospect of seeing those bright minds contribute to society in many ways. Hopefully, we sparked an interest in genomics in some of them! #Genomics4All, #FutureIsBright, Illumina, #DNADay

Yesterday our team held an Educator Industry event at Takeda where educators spent their day touring their lab facilities, learning about #biotech curriculum, and much more! Thank you to all of the volunteers and educators for participating and we look forward to hosting more of our programs in the #LosAngeles region. #STEMeducation #community #lifesciences Silvana DelPiccolo Howard C. Annie Warner Brandon Leck Mikayla Ortega, M.Sc. Dan Gober Casey O'Neill

Happy #DNADay! 🧬 Huge thanks to the amazing volunteers from Illumina’s Bay Area sites for visiting Tennyson High School to chat about careers and genomics. Your passion and insights are shaping the future of science! #Genomics4All

Over 50 classrooms, one mission: igniting curiosity on #DNADay! 🧬 Thrilled to have Illumina volunteers bring the wonders of genomics to San Diego schools through in-person career chats. Together, we're nurturing the next generation of scientists, one classroom at a time! #Genomics4All

Los Angeles folks, come join us next week! Register today before spots run out!