Kim Wilkens
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  • 1987: B.A. in Computer Science from Texas Lutheran University
  • 1987-1999: Release manager/Developer relationship manager for PC Client/Server software platform from IBM Personal Software Products and then Test manager for IBM's Interactive Media and PC Gaming Division
  • 2001: Stumbled into technology teaching at Charlottesville Catholic School and then Mountaintop Montessori
  • 2012: Founded Tech-Girls with a mission to empower girls to imagine and achieve their future dreams in our tech-savvy world.
  • 2013: M.Ed. with a focus on Leadership from Mary Baldwin University
  • 2014:
    • K-8 Computer Science Program Coordinator at St. Anne's-Belfield School helping the school go from no CS education to every K-8 student in the school doing CS integration projects.
    • Founding board member of non-profit, Charlottesville Women in Tech and CWIT became the umbrella organization for Tech-Girls.
    • Chair of the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council's Tech Tour through 2018.
  • 2016:
    • Co-founded the Spark Hackathon with Zach Minster, 9-12 CS Coordinator at St. Anne's-Belfield School.
    • Space wrangler for the Web Literacy space at MozFest
  • 2017:
    • Co-founded the CS Institute with Zach Minster. This is an annual summer professional development experience for K-12 educators who want to start their journey into CS education.
    • Named one of 50 People Who Made the Internet a Better Place in 2016
  • 2018: Joined the board of the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council
  • 2019:
    • Co-host of the podcast Once Upon a Tech with Sarah FitzHenry.
    • Helped bring Charlottesville Computer Science Community ecosystem together
  • 2020: Started as an Ed.D. student at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development
  • 2021:
    • Named a MozFest ambassador
    • Launched Bringing CS Education Research into K-8 Classrooms podcast series
  • 2022:
    • Published my first research-based conference paper at AERA
    • Successfully defended my Capstone Proposal

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