Andrea Spykstra
Innovation Lab Coordinator
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrea Spykstra is an innovation-focused educator and maker with eight years of experience designing hands-on learning environments, makerspaces, and student-run businesses. Currently coordinating the Innovation Lab at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School after progressing from Innovation Lab Specialist, she blends user-centered design, rapid prototyping, and curriculum development to help learners bring ideas to life. Her background spans university research in creative computing (co-author on a CHI paper), municipal makerspace launches serving thousands of patrons, and product development at SparkFun’s SparkX rapid-prototyping division. Andrea also runs a small design business creating sacramental goods, demonstrating an entrepreneurial streak and an ability to move between community programs and market-facing products. She holds a BS in Technology, Arts, and Media with a CS minor from CU Boulder and is skilled with tools from Adobe Illustrator and laser cutters to 3D printers and microcontroller workflows. Notably, she has a track record of securing grants and generating sustainable revenue for educational programs, turning classroom projects into real-world impact.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Freshman, Engineering, Freshman at Purdue UniversityBachelor of Science, Technology, Arts, and Media (now known as Creative Technology and Design) | Computer Science Minor, Bachelor of Science, Technology, Arts, and Media (now known as Creative Technology and Design) | Computer Science Minor at University of Colorado Boulder
English
Github Skills (8)
sparkfun10
accelerometer10
arduino-library9
ide8
arduino8
imu7
arduino-ide7
i2c5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
andreadevo/myrepo
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:47 releases, 58 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
andreadevo/andreadevo_MAD
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:1 release, 29 pushes, 1 tag in 7 months
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