Ep 247: Aviation, Dance, and STEM Outreach: A Conversation With Deysi Melgar

Deysi Melgar, a longtime facilitator of SWE’s Invent It. Build It. pre-college outreach program, joined us at the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to discuss her inspiring career journey and her passion for introducing students to engineering. Interviewed by Larry Guthrie, director of content strategy at SWE, Melgar reflects on how she balances multiple passions such as dance, STEM outreach and her full-time career in the aviation sector. Plus, hear how being a contestant on PBS’s “Design Squad” fueled her interest in engineering and the advice Melgar would give to her teenage self.