The vision of our nonprofit organization is to make technology more equitable for everyone, currently focusing on young girls in California. We aim to reach under-served communities, particularly those in rural areas, especially amongst girls of color and unrepresented youth populations that may not otherwise have access to STEAM opportunities at the community or academic level.
What We Do
Inspire-Tech has brought STEAM workshops to over 3600 girls in multiple counties in California. These sponsored workshops are offered as a part of after- school programs on a quarterly basis. In addition Inspire-Tech travels to various venues to teach STEAM classes by request.
Teach Technical Skills
Build Confidence
Inspire
Impact
Message from our founder
Do not be intimated by anything, foster a love of curiosity and creativity. Learning about technology will give you an edge no matter what you like to do in life. You can take your high-tech and computing knowledge and apply it to what you love – whether you want to innovate in science, create art, work for the environment or fashion or social justice.
I created Inspire-tech to extend a helping hand to the future female innovators and leaders. Technical and scientific fields have lots of wonderful opportunities to offer girls, and girls have a great deal to offer to science and technology.
Our Founder
Parto Aram
FOUNDER
Parto Aram founded Inspire-Tech to extend a helping hand to the future female innovators and leaders. Parto has been a STEAM educator for the past ten years, developing curriculum and programs for schools and teaching STEAM classes. In addition Parto has experience in high-tech as a computer hardware designer and marketing manager. She has a Post Baccalaureate in Gender and Globalization from UC Davis, an MBA from Boston University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. She is a member of Society of Women Engineers, a Board Member of National Girls collaborative and a Member of AAUW Davis.
FOUNDER
Parto Aram founded Inspire-Tech to extend a helping hand to the future female innovators and leaders. Parto has been a STEAM educator for the past ten years, developing curriculum and programs for schools and teaching STEAM classes. In addition Parto has experience in high-tech as a computer hardware designer and marketing manager. She has a Post Baccalaureate in Gender and Globalization from UC Davis, an MBA from Boston University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. She is a member of Society of Women Engineers, a Board Member of National Girls collaborative and a Member of AAUW Davis.
Our Board + Volunteers
Roya Koutchekinia
In addition to being the CFO of the search engine company Pile, Inc, Roya has been volunteering in Davis schools as well working as a counselor for a youth group home in South San Francisco. She has extensive experience in teaching, training, supervising and working with young kids, and young adults. Graduated with doctor of pharmacy from UCSF and BA in Physiology from UC Berkeley.
Sonbol Massoud-Ansari
Sonbol Massoud-Ansari is the Vice President of Foundry Services. She has been the grant coordinator as well as a member of the technical team of over ten federal grants (NIH, NSF, NASA, DARPA, and DoD). Sonbol has an MS and BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and holds 8 issued patents and over 20 publications. She is an advocate of Animal Rights, volunteers at the animal shelters and is committed to social justice and educational equity.
Juliana Wells
Juliana Wells taught for thirty years in Yolo County Schools. She has been working to overcome bias and gender inequality in the fields of science and technology. She is a recruiting officer for technology camps for girls. Member of AAUW, NOW, UNA and the League of Women Voters. Graduated from UCD with BA and MA in Zoology.
Diloshini (Dilo) Seneviratne
Diloshini (Dilo) Seneviratne has over 25 years of experience working in the Finance sector. She has worked in the two largest public pension funds in the U.S. (CalSTRS and CalPERS), covering the area of Private Assets (Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Natural Resources). Since her early retirement from working with the State of California she has been busy tinkering with Arduino and 3D printing, volunteering at Davis schools and spending more time with family. Dilo is passionate about educational equity for kids. Dilo has a B.Sc in Mgmt. Information Systems and Business Administration & ICSA, grad from U.K.