Overview
While working as a student assistant mentor in Livingstone College’s Summer STEM program supporting youth in robotics and virtual reality, I proposed and created a website to support the camp and my mentoring work.
Problem Statement
The hands-on summer camp lacked a dedicated web resource to represent the program and support daily mentoring activities for participating students.
Youth STEM camp participants, mentors, and program coordinators seeking a dedicated digital home for camp activities.
My Role & Responsibility
I brought the website idea forward and created it as an additional contribution to the program. Building the website was outside my assigned job responsibilities; I voluntarily took on the extra work.
Process & Execution
Recognized an opportunity in my work environment to provide a digital resource beyond assigned mentor duties.
Proposed the concept of creating a dedicated camp website to program leadership.
Leveraged day-to-day mentoring context supporting youth in robotics and virtual reality.
Designed and built the website structure to showcase camp activities and technology themes.
Delivered the site as an extra voluntary contribution to enhance the program.
Solution & Core Features
A dedicated website designed to support the Livingstone College Summer STEM camp, providing a digital presence for camp activities and supporting hands-on technology mentorship.
Results & Learnings
Recognized a workplace need and proactively built a digital resource outside assigned responsibilities.
Created a dedicated web platform supporting youth robotics and VR technology activities.
Contributed a valuable digital asset to the Summer STEM program.
"How to demonstrate initiative by identifying opportunities in my immediate environment and building digital solutions that add value beyond standard expectations."