Program
Makerbox / Abriendo Oportunidades
A digital literacy and STEAM program for Indigenous girls and young women, mainly in Sololá.
- Role
- Design and coordination
- Period
- 2018–2022
- With
- Population Council
The problem
STEAM programs arrive translated, not designed from the language and context of the people receiving them.
What I did
- Workshops and maker activities, closing with a Makerfaire.
- A community of practice sustained through a website and a WhatsApp channel for teachers and students.
- A Wiki Hackathon where participants translated Wikipedia articles from Spanish into K'iche' and Kaqchikel.