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Laura Schmidl

Work

I serve as Director of Education for the Discovery Cube of Orange County and Los Angeles, where I oversee all of the organization's educational content.  I began my career with Discovery Cube by managing the Volunteer Department.  I work with everyone from operations specialists to UX designers to drive the Cube's educational mission in all our content.

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Background

Prior to joining the Cube, I spent five summers working for the Girl Scouts of Orange County at Camp Scherman in the mountains near Idyllwild, California.  I'm a Gold Award recipient (Girl Scouting's highest rank) and love "paying it forward" to help today's kids excel.  I'll always take the mountains over the beach.

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Education

I earned my bachelor's degree in humanistic studies (HUST) from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana.  (Yes, that Notre Dame - Go Irish!)  My sophomore year was spent living the emerald isle dream in Maynooth, Ireland.  I earned my master's degree in the history of the book (yes, books) from the School of Advanced StudyUniversity of London.  As a STEM education leader, I advocate for a broad-based, well-rounded education, because STEM in a vacuum doesn't work.

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Hobbies

In my spare time, I'm an avid maker and tinkerer.  I do mosaic work and wood burning, and I've even designed and built a bar!  I also dabble a bit in marquetry and other miscellaneous projects.  As a Halloween bride, I love everything pumpkin.  And I will never, ever drive an automatic transmission as long as I have a choice.

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