Hoda Ehsan

Hoda Ehsan serves as Chief Learning Officer at the Da Vinci Science Center, located in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania. The center is a nonprofit STEAM education organization and the hub for pre-college STEAM education in the Lehigh Valley. In this role, she oversees everything educational at the science center, ensuring that all programs pass through her team. The organization recently relocated to downtown Allentown to better serve families in challenging environments, where less than 40 percent of adults have a high school degree, and provides free access through grants for Allentown School District families. Ehsan holds a PhD in engineering and attributes her success to her desire to make the world a better place for children by making education more accessible and meaningful. She draws from her experience fostering kids and emphasizes impacting even a small number of children positively. Her advice to young women entering the field is to pursue what interests them courageously, create their own journeys, and follow their hearts without copying others' paths.