Stem Southwest Podcast

There are STEM rockstars all over the Southwest and today's guest is one of them.  He is also a STEM evangelist and striving to make our programs more inclusive.  While we just recently met Shawn Hardina, our perspectives and experiences in STEM enrichment are parallel; us in New Mexico and him in Arizona.  He has a lot of great ideas on how we can radically change STEM education and make a difference in our future workforce so listen in here!   Show Notes Shawn Hardina has been asking hard questions, solving problems, and challenging the status quo his entire life.  Having been successful in school, but not particularly fond of the traditional education process, Shawn decided to become a science teacher to transform education and make it something that he wished he had growing up.  Shawn has been on this journey ever since.  Shawn has been in education for 27 years as a science and CTE teacher and a FIRST and VEX robotics coach and mentor.  He has a wide range of experiences having been a K – 6 Science and L