AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED

We are SO excited to have the Techtrails STEM WA Team from WiTWA coming to Balga Senior High School on February 25th!

This event is for students, parents, educators and the wider community and is a fantastic opportunity to explore the world of STEM careers with an AMAZING lineup of speakers!

Discover the exciting possibilities STEM has to offer!

We have a great speaker line up including:

• Louise Mansell – Found and Clinical Psychologist @ Tedology Ltd
  Dr Louise has worked as a child clinical psychologist for over 15 years, supporting children, families and schools. She has always found ways to combine science and creativity to make the psychology of emotions accessible and engaging. This has included creating a children’s book ‘Brian the Brain’ with her young son, YouTube shows explaining the Science of Emotions, and innovative tools to help children understand their feelings.
• Kat Ross – Support Scientist @ Curtin University & Founder and CEO @ IncludeHer
  Kat is an astrophysicist studying distant baby black holes and twinkling galaxies. She is working with a team around the world working to develop the largest telescope in the world, half of which is being build in WA. Kat has used some of the biggest supercomputers in the world, studying dark matter, created simulations of dying stars and imaged millions of distant galaxies and black holes. She also works to change the perceptions of what a scientist is with her organisation IncludeHer, which encourages everyone to see the many different ways we can all be scientists.
• Grace Redfern – Research Officer @ Western Australian Museum
  Grace is a Research Officer at the Western Australian Museum. She is very interested in the smaller creatures who tend to not get as much love, specifically arachnids. Grace’s work involves revising and completing the taxonomy and classification of pseudoscorpions in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. These creatures are very similar to scorpions but much smaller and lack the stinging apparatus on the tail. A typical workday for Grace involves observation of specimens under a microscope, photography of these specimens as well as drawing classifying features through a specialised microscope.
• Kara Symes – Senior Signals Systems Engineer @ Public Transport Authority
  Kara had a fascination with lightbulbs in high school physics, which lead her down the road of studying Electrical Power Engineering and wanting to work in power generation and transmission. Kara has embraced the unexpected and the challenges to work her way from Engineering Officer to Senior Signals Systems Engineer. Kara’s currently liaises with Metronet projects to determine how to best update their Train Control System, speaking with their network controllers to optimise their system and signalling, analysing faults for both high-tech and low-tech assets and testing and commission new and improved equipment.
• Teagen McEwan – Techtrails Project Manager & Panel Host
  Teagen’s journey began as a professional sports athlete and elite gymnastics coach, representing WA and Australia. She then transitioned into the realm of events management and digital marketing, and is now a seasoned professional with over a decade of expertise in this field. Teagen currently works as the WiTWA Techtrails Project Manager, and plays a pivotal role in inspiring and enabling women and young girls in the tech space. Her proficiency extends to her mentoring role as a SheCodes Plus Alumni, where she mastered coding foundations such as HTML/CSS, Python, Django, and REACT. Teagen has won scholarships for intensive web development programs, showcasing her versatility in technology tools.

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, 27 February 2025

Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Location: Balga Senior High School – 2 Markham Way, Balga WA 6061

Register now for this FREE event Download Event Flyer

This is an evening you WON’T want to miss! Get ready for learning, fun, and inspiration!

A huge thanks to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources for their support!