Episode 60 of State of Water featuring Danielle Boyer
We are honored to welcome Danielle Boyer to State of Water. Danielle Boyer is an Indigenous robotics inventor from the Ojibwe tribe. She started the nonprofit, The Steam Connection, with a mission to use robotics in order to make tech education accessible and safe for Indigenous youth.
Danielle poignantly shares about her own journey in tech and robotics and how her lack of access as a child to STEM education has inspired her own work and a deep commitment to provide Indigenous youths with culturally responsive and accessible technical education. We also hear the story behind Danielle’s Anishinaabemowin speaking robot, Skobot, her thoughts on AI, data centers, ethical tech, and much more.
A few of Danielle’s many accolades: Danielle has been named one of PEOPLE Magazine’s Girls Changing the World, a MIT Solve Indigenous Communities Fellow, a L’oreal Paris Woman of Worth, a Teen Vogue Indigenous Youth Changemaker, NDN Collective Changemaker Fellow, an Echoing Green Fellow, and a Verizon Forward for Good Winner.
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Episode 60 credits:
Danielle Boyer interviewed by Seth Bernard
Produced by Chris Good
Music: “Warble” by Brandon Fitzpatrick, The Lasso, Graham Parsons, Jordan Hamilton
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