The Katamari Effect: How to Roll Up the World One Thing at a Time
Ruby Rios |
TEDxPittsburgStateUniversity
• March 2018
Ruby Rios is a senior at Bishop Miege High School in Shawnee Mission, KS, and a software development intern at Cerner Corporation. She’s been active in the Kansas City community, working to create STEM-related educational opportunities for young people. Ruby co-founded “KC STEMinists,” an educational program that helps girls apply technology to entrepreneurship and global issues. She also established and facilitated “Girls Who Code” clubs in Kansas City. Last summer, Ruby traveled to Malawi to participate in “WiSci 2017,” a 3-week STEM camp sponsored by the United Nations “Girl Up” campaign, where she received technology training alongside girls from seven African nations. Ruby is a winner of the NCWIT “Aspirations in Computing” award, and she was featured by Ink Magazine as one of Kansas City’s “30 Under 30” for 2017. Ruby is the granddaughter of Kenneth and Barbara Bateman, who are lifelong Pittsburg residents and Gorilla fans.