The EcoLogik Project
Product: Ecologikinstitute.org
Role: Founder and Director (2017-2018); Director of Development and Grant Writer (2019-Present)
Client(s): Southern California Research Learning Center - National Park Service, Cabrillo National Monument
Artform: Educational Program
Collaborators: Nicole Ornelas, Samantha Wynns, Andrew Rosales, McKenna Pace, Dr. Keith Lombardo
Description: Started in 2017 at Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California, the EcoLogik Institute (formerly the EcoLogik Project) is a free and unique program that fuses ecology and technology and connects young, underrepresented female explorers and scientists (ages 9-16) to the natural resources and science of America’s National Parks. EcoLogik participants learn and incorporate technological advances and knowledge of the environment to collect natural resource data (community science), create 3D biomodels, learn basic coding and programming, and much more!
With this fully immersive program we provide young girls a meaningful connection to their National Parks while simultaneously nurturing their love of STEM and, perhaps more powerfully, their belief in themselves. We show them that they too can become scientists and engineers - if they see it, they know they can be it. EcoLogik is not just any summer camp - by directly selecting a small cohort from underrepresented groups for this experience we are changing the culture around STEM. And by changing the culture, we are tackling these pervasive global issues in a fresh and effective way.
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