Summary
Minhtuyen Mai is an education-focused coordinator and researcher with nine years of experience designing and scaling CS and ed‑tech outreach programs from community partnerships to university grants. Based in San Diego, she co-leads large youth participatory action research projects at CREATE, grows esports and CS education pipelines, and collaborates with faculty on AI in CS education. Trained as a Ph.D. scholar in Educational Policy Studies with full‑stack web development skills, she blends qualitative research, program design, and hands‑on technical work to expand access to learning for historically underserved students. A community leader who chairs the Viet Voices board, she pairs grassroots civic engagement with evidence‑driven program building—an uncommon mix that drives both policy insight and practical opportunity creation.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Educational Policy Studies, Ph.D., Educational Policy Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of California, San Diego
Vietnamese, English