Podcasthon is a global charity podcast event from March 15-21, 2025. Special guest: Dr. C, CEO & Founder of Edsnaps. "from STEM Learners to STEM Leaders" EDsnaps is a Non-profit focused on bridging the educational gap, providing quality education with a focus on leadership, especially for young women and girls. EDsnaps operates locally (Bronx, NY), nationally, and globally (e.g., Kenya). The main focus is on motivation, self-value & self-esteem encouraging students to discover passions & career pathways. Highlights from 2024: Partnership with American Airlines where they offered a field trip to JFK airport. Students explored engineering, maintenance, and operations of a 777 airplane; not to forget the luxurious lunch.
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Blame the Subway Delay
In the late fall of 2016, neuroscientist and founder of EDsnaps Susanne Cappendijk, PhD, MBA (aka Dr. C) was mentoring in the Bronx, NY.
The Launch of the 2017 Pilot Program
With no budget, Dr. C created a STEM+Arts and Arts+STEM based 3-week Summer program. This Pilot Summer Program launched on July 10, 2017 at the Bronx Engineering Technology Academy (BETA), JFK campus in the Bronx, NY.
Status in 2025
After 7 years of hard work, the majority of our 2017 cohort students are now early career professionals. Our 2020 STEM learners start to enter the STEM workforce or a graduate training program. We are currently offering 4 main stream educational programs working with local, national and international STEM learners and their families, serving over 250 students annually.
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