YPSILANTI – Tamara Shoemaker, VP, CyberPatriot, Co-Founder Midwest CISSE Chapter, won the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Education Award on May 14 at the Woman of the Year in Technology ceremony at Suburban Showplace.
The award said: Shoemaker inspires participation and develops the capabilities of countless young women in cybersecurity as the Michigan director of the Airforce Association’s nationwide CyberPatriot program. Having spent 20 years working with the National Security Agency through its Centers of Academic Excellence, she brings knowledge and experience of national security work to the girls in the program.
CyberPatriot immerses students in a yearlong learning experience culminating in a final contest where they compete against their peers at the state and national levels. The program is a force in high school technical education statewide. All-girl teams compete for free, and Shoemaker has primarily recruited female sponsors and mentors for the overall team oversight and teaching.
To find out more or to donate to Cyber Patriot click on www.micyberpatriot.com.
