President – Amanda Rampersad
Amanda is a young professional in the software engineering field. She graduated from UCF with a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science. Amanda is currently a software engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation, working primarily with Java on a fielded Joint Warning and Reporting and Sensor Networking system for the US military.
Amanda has been on the Central Florida SWE board as Vice President of Education since 2015. During this time, she has coordinated numerous events with Girl Scouts of Citrus and various elementary, middle, and high schools in Central Florida. These events enabled girls in grades K-12 to participate in hands-on STEM activities, interact with women engineers, and learn about the various STEM resources available to them in order to form and maintain an interest in the pursuit of STEM careers and education. Amanda plans on continuing her work with SWE to foster relationships with STEM professionals who are women, and to spread the SWE message to a younger generation of girls.
"SWE is a special and necessary organization that serves as a broad and diverse support system for women in STEM. As a member of SWE and a woman in engineering who grew up with few resources to encourage pursuing a career in engineering, I am aware and sensitive to the need for more diversity in STEM fields. Gender diversity in the workplace is an important issue, and solving the issue begins with encouraging girls to pursue careers in STEM at a young age. I believe that it is important to reach out to these girls and help bolster their confidence, shape their abilities, and to be positive role models by directly interacting with them and teaching them through coordinated events that are organized by SWE. As Vice President of Education and Outreach, I hope to spread a positive message to young girls who are interested in STEM careers, help highlight the issues of gender equality and diversity in engineering and how to resolve them, and to bring awareness to the strengths of STEM oriented women and their value in the workplace."
Amanda can be contacted at cflswepresident@swe.org
Amanda has been on the Central Florida SWE board as Vice President of Education since 2015. During this time, she has coordinated numerous events with Girl Scouts of Citrus and various elementary, middle, and high schools in Central Florida. These events enabled girls in grades K-12 to participate in hands-on STEM activities, interact with women engineers, and learn about the various STEM resources available to them in order to form and maintain an interest in the pursuit of STEM careers and education. Amanda plans on continuing her work with SWE to foster relationships with STEM professionals who are women, and to spread the SWE message to a younger generation of girls.
"SWE is a special and necessary organization that serves as a broad and diverse support system for women in STEM. As a member of SWE and a woman in engineering who grew up with few resources to encourage pursuing a career in engineering, I am aware and sensitive to the need for more diversity in STEM fields. Gender diversity in the workplace is an important issue, and solving the issue begins with encouraging girls to pursue careers in STEM at a young age. I believe that it is important to reach out to these girls and help bolster their confidence, shape their abilities, and to be positive role models by directly interacting with them and teaching them through coordinated events that are organized by SWE. As Vice President of Education and Outreach, I hope to spread a positive message to young girls who are interested in STEM careers, help highlight the issues of gender equality and diversity in engineering and how to resolve them, and to bring awareness to the strengths of STEM oriented women and their value in the workplace."
Amanda can be contacted at cflswepresident@swe.org
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