The Making of a Mini Maker, Amy Mather (Wuthering Bytes 2016)
Channel: AB Open
Date: 2017-08-21

With the help of Manchester’s tech community, 17 year old Amy Mather has grown into an active STEM ambassador and all-round tinkerer. Her journey began with a random act of kindness that provided her first Arduino and has seen her address an audience of over 10,000 people. Now a dab hand at public speaking, her talks and workshops have introduced hundreds of children and adults alike to the worlds of Programming and Making.

In this talk she will detail her journey from that very first Arduino, right up to her Mission to Mars* and all with a homemade dinosaur hoodie thrown in for good measure!

* Amy Mather has grown up in Manchester’s tech community. After her first brush with technology at the Manchester Science Festival at age 11, her interest in coding and making has taken her to amazing heights.

Now 17, Amy encourages others to try STEM activities by highlighting the creative side of technology. She uses code to solve real life problems and was honoured with the European Commission's first European Digital Girl of the Year Award in 2013.

Amy has spoken in front of expert audiences at industry events all across the country, these include The ODI Summit, Wired Next Generation, Campus Party at London's O2 Arena and The Royal Institution. This year she was the coding expert on two BBC Live Lesson broadcasts for the Micro:Bit