Brittany Young
Brittany Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | West Baltimore |
| Alma mater | Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore City Community College |
| Awards | TED fellow |
| Website | B-360 |
Brittany Young is an engineer, STEM educator, and 2020 TED fellow. She is the founder and chief executive officer of B-360, an education program that supports under-served youth. She was the 2018 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow.
Early life and education
[edit]Young is from Western Baltimore.[1][2] She was a student in the Baltimore City Public Schools, and says she had made her mind up about her career by the third grade. She eventually secured a place in engineering at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, which she graduated in 2007.[3] She started working as engineer and simultaneously taught courses at Baltimore City Community College. In 2015 she started working in education and outreach after she realised that engineering education could be used to unite culture.[1]
Career
[edit]Young is founder and chief executive officer of the nonprofit B-360, an education programme that supports disconnected young people and adults.[2][4] B-360 makes use of dirtbike culture to build bridges between different communities.[5][6] During the program participants learn about road safety, the mechanics of bike upkeep, bike customisation and how to use 3D printers.[3] She was awarded a Baltimore Corps Elevation Award to develop the idea, creating a dirtbike version of the X Games.[7][8] In 2017 Young left her career in engineering to concentrate on B-360, and was supported by the Warnock Foundation.[1][9][10] That year she won the Black Girl Ventures first entrepreneurship competition in Baltimore.[11]
She was awarded a 2018 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow.[12] In 2020 Young was selected as a TED fellow.[13] She will deliver a TED talk at the 2020 TED conference in Vancouver.[13]
Awards and honours
[edit]Her awards and honours include:
- 2017 Boss Up Baltimore Black Girl Ventures Pitch Competition[9]
- 2018 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow[12]
- 2018 Warnock Foundation Social Innovator of the Year[14]
- 2018 Open Society Foundation Baltimore Community Fellow[15]
- 2020 TED fellow[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c contributor, Margaret Roth / (2019-08-08). "5 questions with Brittany Young: How leaving the traditional engineering path led to uniting culture and community". Technical.ly Baltimore. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "AHA News: She Turns Dirt Bikers Into Science Stars". Consumer HealthDay. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ a b "How one entrepreneur is using dirt bikes to inspire Baltimore's youth". Red Bull. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ Hinds, Carolyn (2018-03-20). "BGN Interview With Engineer Brittany Young Creator of STEM Outreach Program B-360". Black Girl Nerds. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "B-360's Brittany Young Is Making Her Mark". The Baltimore Times, Inc. Positive Stories. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Discovering You: Brittany Young". NBC Learn. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Elevation Brittany". Baltimore Corps. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ Ruiz, Rebecca (17 March 2019). "How one woman turned dirt biking into a STEM pipeline for black youth". Mashable. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ a b "Warnock Foundation gives $24,000 to support social entrepreneurs in Baltimore". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Warnock Foundation | Brittany Young". Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ staff, Stephen Babcock / (2017-12-18). "B-360 wins Black Girl Ventures' first pitch competition in Baltimore". Technical.ly Baltimore. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ a b "Brittany Young". Echoing Green. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ a b c "Meet the 2020 class of TED Fellows and Senior Fellows". TED Blog. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Awardee Brittany Young. she pitched her B-360 program during Light City's Social Lab, and won the Warnock Foundation's "Social Innovator of the Year."". Baltimore Corps. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Brittany Young". Open Society Institute - Baltimore. Retrieved 2020-01-24.