Veronique Couttee
02/05/24 • 42 min
Born in Mauritius, an island East of Madagascar, Veronique founded both organizations, AfriTech Fellowship and Geospatial Equity Tech, to help underrepresented and marginalized communities get involved in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics).
But first, we talk about the U.S education system and comparing it to the U.K education system, and then we discuss how GIS can help socioeconomic issues and why GIS is so important in telling stories. Veronique incorporates story telling in her consulting, mentoring, and overall passion in helping those who are historically marginalized.
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Born in Mauritius, an island East of Madagascar, Veronique founded both organizations, AfriTech Fellowship and Geospatial Equity Tech, to help underrepresented and marginalized communities get involved in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics).
But first, we talk about the U.S education system and comparing it to the U.K education system, and then we discuss how GIS can help socioeconomic issues and why GIS is so important in telling stories. Veronique incorporates story telling in her consulting, mentoring, and overall passion in helping those who are historically marginalized.
www.spatialstack.ai/spatial-lab
Or Sign up: https://spatial-lab.circle.so/checkout/spatial-lab-member?affiliate_code=926635
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