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Leshell Hatley
Program Manager, Howard University

Location: Suitland, MD United States
Joined: Feb 15th, 2008
About   (request update)
Leshell Hatley is a passionate computer engineer, educator, and researcher who continuously combines these three attributes to create innovative approaches to teaching STEM concepts to students between that ages of 3 and 73. She has logged over 15,000 hours teaching African-American and Latino elementary, middle, and high school students in formal and informal educational environments throughout NY, NJ, VA and DC. As the Founder and Executive Director of Uplift, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission embodies her passion, Leshell leads teams of enthusiastic students and dedicated volunteer instructors to achieve award winning success and national news coverage. Over the past several years, Uplift's trailblazing work with students in the areas of robotics, mobile app development, and culturally relevant learning technology has provided inspiration, insight, and guidance to similar organization's across the globe. Leshell has a Bachelors in Computer Engineering and a Masters in Computer Science from Howard University, a Masters in Library Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Maryland, and is currently a PhD student at George Mason University studying Learning Technologies Design Research. In total, Leshell sees past experiences, current successes, and future partners as tools to create awe-inspiring educational experiences for the next generation of life-long learners and STEM pioneers.
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Website:
http://www.leshellhatley.com
Education   (request update)
Howard University class of 1998
Undergrad Major: Computer Software Engineering
Campus Organization:
Delta Sigma Theta
Claim To Fame:
Career Communication's 2013 Women of Color in STEM, Entrepreneurial Leadership Award Winner 2013 Digital Media & Learning Research Fellow
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Experience
I currently work with Howard University as Program Manager
I have 15 years of experience working in the Research & Development industry.
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You gotta watch this video of Black youth in DC making mobile apps You gotta watch this video of Black youth in DC making mobile apps
Greetings! I am sharing this link with you because I have a strong feeling you'll want to help! Youth APPLab, a program in DC that teaches teens how to develop mobile apps, is preparing to ret ...more
Posted by Leshell Hatley on January 31st, 2012 • 2,434 Views
 Help Youth APPLab Return to the DML Conference Next Month! Help Youth APPLab Return to the DML Conference Next Month!
Greetings! I am sharing this link with you because I have a strong feeling you'll want to help! Youth APPLab, a program in DC that teaches teens how to develop mobile apps, is preparing to retur ...more
Posted by Leshell Hatley on January 31st, 2012 • 2,290 Views
Uplift's student wins NCWIT Award! Uplift's student wins NCWIT Award!
Congrats to Shakira Graves, one of Uplift, Inc.'s Youth APPLab students, for winning a 2012 National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) National Runner-Up Award! @upliftdc http://www.fl ...more
Posted by Leshell Hatley on January 30th, 2012 • 2,474 Views
Happy Holidays from Uplift, Inc. Happy Holidays from Uplift, Inc.
Seasons Greetings and more from Uplift, Inc. Click below! http://www.upliftdc.org/happyholidays.html ...more
Posted by Leshell Hatley on December 25th, 2011 • 2,419 Views
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Hi Leshell, good to meet you. I see that you post blogs often. I'll be sure to read them and post a comment soon. Have a good one.
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Tagged by Herb McC on 07/02/2009  
Hi Leshell, Nice to meet you and thank you for your friendship.
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