Face to Face!

This week, 5/6 of our team was able to meet in Santa Clara for a face to face training event. Coincidentally, there was a fire drill that day which gave us the opportunity to take our first team photo:

Kinnari, Vasavi, Alejandro, Stephanie, and Keith

More IESC Videos

...because the Intel Education Service Corps doesn't only go to Kenya. Check out these videos from previous projects!

IESC Philippines May 2015:

IESC Bangladesh October 2009:

IESC Bangladesh March 2010:

IESC South Africa May 2014:

Inspiration

As we prepare for our October 2015 deployment, we reflect on the learnings of the teams who came before us. The video below, taken from a team who visited Matete, Kenya earlier this year, sums up why we have been inspired to partake in the Intel Education Service Corps.

Meet the October 2015 IESC Kenya Team: Vasavi

Name: Vasavi
IESC Role: Teacher Trainer
Work: Software Engineer at Intel in Arizona, 4 years at Intel
Background: MS in Computer Science Engineering from AU
Volunteering: Girls for a Change, teaching kids, Be KIND, Hope Lift Corporation, AID
Hobbies: travelling, hiking, reading, learning to take pictures, cooking, baking, looking up places to travel, organizing events, adventurous sports - skydiving
Travel: 20+ US states, lots of places in India

Volunteering at Intel Engineering Day

Mountaineering in Slot Canyons, Zion NP

Intel 10K Run

Meet the October 2015 IESC Kenya Team: Steve

Name: Steve
IESC Role: Tech Expert
Work: Server Development at Intel in Colorado, 27 years at Intel
Background: lives in Fort Collins, CO with wife (Karen) and son (TK)
Volunteering: participated in IESC Tanzania project in 2013, volunteer trip to Cape Town in 2014
Hobbies: travel, photography, hiking, training guide dogs

Teaching in Cape Town, 2014

Hiking Grand Canyon, 2012

Students in Tanzania, 2013

Meet the October 2015 IESC Kenya Team: Stephanie

Name: Stephanie
IESC Role: Social Media Expert
Work: Manufacturing Group Leader at Intel in Arizona, 5.5 years at Intel
Background: BS/MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern California
Volunteering: Makey Makey, Galileo, Be KIND, Girls on the Run, Habitat for Humanity, Academic Decathlon, FIRST LEGO League
Hobbies: running marathons, hiking, reading, building things, taking pictures, writing blogs, learning to cook
Travel: 21 foreign countries, 21 US states + DC

At Hohensalzburg Castle, Austria

A picture of the picture-taker

Building a roof with Habitat for Humanity

Meet the October 2015 IESC Kenya Team: Kinnari

Name: Kinnari
IESC Role: Tech Expert
Work: Manufacturing Process Engineer at Intel in Arizona, 4.5 years at Intel
Background: born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, BS/MS degrees from University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Volunteering: STEM tutoring, Habitat for Humanity, Karibu Center Kenya (Makey Makey, Galileo, Classmate PC repairs)
Hobbies: travelling, hiking, outdoors, painting (watercolor and pastel)

Meet the October 2015 IESC Kenya Team: Keith

Name: Keith
IESC Role: Project Manager
Work: Supply Chain IT Program Manager at Intel in Arizona, 24 years with Intel
Background: BS from Muskingum College, MBA from Ohio State, PMI PMP Certification since 2003
Family: wife Betsy of 25 years, sons Andrew (23), Ian (21), and Tavis (18)
Hobbies: singing (Sound Bytes acapella group, church choir, praise band), sports (baseball, soccer, and the other football)
Travel: 48 states, 24 countries

With wife Betsy

Andrew, Tavis, Ian

Sound Bytes

Meet the October 2015 IESC Kenya Team: Alejandro

Name: Alejandro
IESC Role: Teacher Trainer
Work: Software Engineer at Intel in Oregon
Background: from Honduras, MS degree in Computer Science from Purdue University
Hobbies: soccer, photography, volunteer work (FLL coaching), reading, running (5Ks and half marathons, and more soccer
Favorite Book: Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez