PROJECT NEED
THE IMPACT AREA WE HAVE CHOSEN IS STEM AND DIGITAL LITERACY. OUR YOUNG WOMEN ARE USING TECHNOLOGY TO REACH A POPULATION WHO ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN. THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATION TO STEM THERE IS. IT ALSO MIGHT BE THE MOST ISOLATED POPULATION. OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO TEACH OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS. ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH, SENIOR ISOLATION IS POISED TO BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS FACED BY OLDER AMERICANS. THE POPULATION WE ARE WORKING WITH FEELS ISOLATED AND ALONE, THEY CRAVE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS AND COGNITIVE STIMULATION.
THE IMPACT AREA WE HAVE CHOSEN IS STEM AND DIGITAL LITERACY. OUR YOUNG WOMEN ARE USING TECHNOLOGY TO REACH A POPULATION WHO ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN. THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATION TO STEM THERE IS. IT ALSO MIGHT BE THE MOST ISOLATED POPULATION. OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO TEACH OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS. ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH, SENIOR ISOLATION IS POISED TO BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS FACED BY OLDER AMERICANS. THE POPULATION WE ARE WORKING WITH FEELS ISOLATED AND ALONE, THEY CRAVE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS AND COGNITIVE STIMULATION.