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Meet #AiCstories Ambassadors Neith Reid-EL: youtube.com/watch?v=Ixl_MvQd0gM
🍑 A quadruplet born + raised in GA
🌞 Studying Network Systems Tech at Florida State College at Jacksonville
🏆 Three-time recipient of the #NCWITAiC High School Award
💻 Two-time Amazon Software Development Engineer intern
Develop technical skills, grow your confidence, and make new friends ✨ Participants can also earn a Magic Grant of up to $1,000 based on their attendance throughout the year!
No prior tech knowledge is required 😊
➕ Needs-based transportation assistance is available!
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🍑 Are you a low-income or first generation high school student based in Atlanta? This one’s for you!
Become a #BridgeUP STEM Scholar at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech: ncwit.org/program/bridgeup-stem-scholars
Apply to join a supportive year-long program where you’ll:
The relationships you build throughout your journey are just as important as the technical skills, too! ✅
☺️ This year, amongst your academic and internship goals, also make time to take the first step in cultivating relationships with potential mentors. Read Bryn’s advice on how you can do so here:
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👥 The support from early mentorship in #AiCstories Ambassador Bryn Loftness' life has helped her remain curious and enveloped in her projects — attributes that have been essential in creating long-lasting impact as a translational scientist! 🔬
Let this be your 2026 reminder:
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🏆 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing is pleased to announce the national recipient's — 300 high school students — of the 2026 #NCWITAiC High School Award: aspirations.org/news/award-programs/ncwit-announces-2026-national-aic-high-school-award-recipients
Congratulations to all the national awardees! 💜
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🏆 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing is pleased to announce the finalists — 63 undergraduate + graduate students making positive change — of the 2026 #NCWITAiC Collegiate Award: aspirations.org/news/award-programs/ncwit-selects-2026-aic-collegiate-award-finalists
Congratulations to all the finalists! 🩵
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NCWIT celebrates the legacy of Dr. Gladys West — GPS pioneer and 2021 Pioneer in Tech Award Recipient — who passed away at 95 🤍
▶️ Listen to her inspiring #NCWITConversation for Change in the NCWIT Media Hub ncwit.org/video/2021-vncwit-pioneer-in-award-celebration-with-dr-gladys-west-video-playback
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➕ Stay tuned for an upcoming #NCWITAiC Connections blog with Bryn’s advice on how you can cultivate relationships with potential mentors this year!
Join us in celebrating the journeys of the 2025 #AiCstories Ambassadors! 🤩 The incredible journey of Bryn Loftness looks like what happens when you just say yes to life’s unexpected adventures!
🌎 Read more about Bryn in the @ncwit.org Media Hub now: ncwit.org/blog/2025-aicstories-ambassadors
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▶ NCWIT Media Hub: ncwit.org/video/aspirations-in-computing-stories-bryn-loftness
➕ On YouTube:
💻 YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=95nSVPaClns
📱 Short: youtube.com/shorts/nGCvQ24COu0
“One of my favorite things about computing is its ability to help organize information and inspire curiosity, but also its ability to foster community and connection — and in turn — change and innovation!"
Enjoyed learning about Bryn? 🤩 See even more of her story in the #NCWITAiC feed and:
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10: “One of my favorite things about computing is its ability to help organize information and inspire curiosity, as I’ve said, but also its ability to foster community and connection, and in turn, change and innovation,” says the soon-to-be Doctoral graduate and start-up founder! 🤩
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Bryn gave a TEDxUnivMS Talk on how AI can help predict, identify, and improve childhood mental health concerns in young children. You can listen to her invaluable insights here: youtube.com/watch?v=lvCoGD-EnyQ
Behind-the-scenes snapshot of Bryn — in the left corner with long brown hair and trousers — presenting her start-up, Biobe, to a diverse crowd with a purple presentation screen with two images on display. Text reads: “Screening | Support”
Color group photo of Bryn — the second person from right with long brown hair, a black blouse and green trousers — smiling with five other diverse TEDxMississippi speakers on stage behind a large red TEDx sign
Currently, she’s a Complex Systems + Data Science Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Vermont, and is co-founding a childhood mental health care startup with three of her mentors called Biobe.
8-9: 🧠 As a passionate researcher addressing ongoing gaps + disparities in the healthcare system, in 2024
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6: “Being involved in amazing communities of shared interests, like NCWIT Aspirations in Computing has helped me feel seen and supported” — something her younger self really longed for 🩵
7: 🍁 Once her bachelor’s degree was complete, Bryn set out on another adventure – this time to the East Coast!
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4: A highlight during her undergraduate journey was building BPMBox — a pager-like homemade heart rate sensor 🫀
5: 🏆 Inspired to keep innovating, she made the next generation of her prototype wearable and was a finalist for the 2022 #NCWITAiC Collegiate Award!
Color group photo of Bryn – first person kneeling on the left in a gray headband and blue jeans — smiling amongst 12 CS club members at Colorado Mesa University
Color group photo of Bryn — second person kneeling on the right in a plaid button-down — amongst nine CS club members at ICPC North America
2-3: 🏔️ After graduating from high school in Minnesota, she moved to the West to pursue a degree — and an adventure! — in CS at Colorado Mesa University.
While there, she dove into the world of data science and physiological sensor systems, and was extensively involved in the CS Club at CMU.
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Color photo of a young Bryn — in a dark sweatshirt and wavy hair — smiling toward the viewer while playing a game at desktop computer
😊 Meet #AiCstories Ambassador Bryn Loftness!
Her journey is what happens when you say yes to life’s unexpected — yet incredible — adventures!
1: From a young age Bryn loved her family’s desktop computer, and learned that computers are a great tool for making decisions and gaining perspective! 🖥️
⏳ Today is deadline day! ⏳
You have until 8 pm ET to submit your #NCWITAiC Collegiate Award application: aspirations.org/AiCCollegiateAward
🤑 Award Winners receive $7,500 + Honorable Mentions receive $2,500
You can do this! 👊🏻
which provides digital tools that support families and providers navigating early childhood mental health care
Find the video in the NCWIT Media Hub: ncwit.org/video/aspirations-in-computing-stories-bryn-loftness
🏆 Was a finalist for the 2022 #NCWITAiC Collegiate Award, and presented at an external NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration-sponsored research symposium for her work on BPMBox — a pager-like homemade heart rate sensor
🧠 Co-founding a startup with three of her mentors called Biobe —
A design promoting AiC Stories ambassador Bryn Loftness smiling at the camera in a mauve blouse and gold jewelry in front of a purple gradient
#AiCstories Ambassadors are #AiCcommunity members who tell their stories to inspire others! Meet Bryn Loftness: youtube.com/watch?v=95nSVPaClns
🏞️ Originally from Minnesota
🎓 Ph.D. Candidate in Complex Systems and Data Science at the University of Vermont
✍🏻 A NSF Graduate Research Fellow
There's still plenty of time to become a #NCWITAiC Volunteer Reviewer — it's easy and your own pace (at lunch, after work, anywhere!): ncwit.org/blog/volunteer-with-aspirations-in-computing
👩🏽💻 Help spotlight outstanding high school and college technologists for their passion and accomplishments
Gain inspiration here: aspirations.org/news/award-programs/ncwit-selects-2025-aic-collegiate-award-recipients
🤗 Then submit your application: aspirations.org/AiCCollegiateAward
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Weekend plans? Be sure to make time to start, complete, or put final touches on your #NCWITAiC Collegiate Award application!
❗Deadline: 8 pm ET on Tuesday, November 18th
Let us recognize and reward your accomplishments! 💐
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Just 2️⃣ weeks left to review #NCWITAiC High School Award applications!
With the thousands of applications received each year, we need hundreds of volunteers to identify outstanding, aspirational technologists!
💟 Become one today: ncwit.org/blog/volunteer-with-aspirations-in-computing
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⏳ The countdown is ON! It’s the last week to apply for the #NCWITAiC Collegiate Award: aspirations.org/AiCCollegiateAward
We want to recognize innovative and impactful technical contributions to projects!
Start today + save as you go! 🌞 You have until 8 pm ET on November 18th!
Before applying to the #NCWITAiC Collegiate Award, Bryn was looking to build her network and be recognized for her efforts!
🏆 After winning: Continued her research, found support within the #AiCcommunity, and launched a company! 😁
Apply to win up to $7,500: aspirations.org/AiCCollegiateAward
