Maximilian Marshall

I’m an engineer and a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University with a passion for making STEM education fun and easy to understand. I have 8 years of experience working at after school programs with elementary, middle, and high school students, and I have also taught 3D design and computerized manufacturing classes at a maker space. I bring a personal and empathetic approach to teaching, motivated by my own experience in school. Even though I have a master’s degree in engineering, am currently pursuing a PhD, and hold a patent for inventing a new biofuel production system, STEM classes were not always easy for me. Over time, I've learned that this was not because I was "bad" at these subjects, but because I did not connect with how the material was taught. As a teacher, I make sure to understand each student's connection to the subject and help them to develop their own unique relationship with it. This enables learning and skill building based on internal motivation and intuition, not just on memorization. Learning STEM should never seem boring or useless. These subjects enable creative, beautiful, and exciting ways for us to understand and interact with the world around us!