Founder and Executive Director
Shareka Robinson
Shareka Robinson is a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer and 20-year U.S. Army veteran with over 20 years of experience in Information Technology. She began her career as a Help Desk Technician with the Maryland Army National Guard in 2002 and has since held technical roles with major government contractors, including Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, supporting agencies such as the Missile Defense Agency, MD Department of Transportation, DISA, and the U.S. Air Force.
She earned her B.S. in Computer Information Technology from the University of Maryland Global Campus, holds a certificate in Advanced Digital Forensics from Anne Arundel Community College, and has multiple industry certifications from CompTIA, Microsoft, VMware, ISACA, and AWS. She is currently pursuing her M.S. in Advanced Computing at Morgan State University.
My STEM Story
My passion for STEM began at age 10 when my dad brought home a Packard Bell Legend computer with Windows 3.11. Fascinated, I immersed myself in learning everything I could about it. I carried a 3.5-inch floppy disk filled with Microsoft Works files, eager to open them whenever I visited my grandmother—who also had a Packard Bell. I spent hours playing Minesweeper and Rodent’s Revenge, and by high school, my love for computers had only grown stronger. After graduating, I pursued a career in Information Technology by joining the military.
Throughout my career, I was often the only, or one of very few women on my team. That experience, at times isolating, fueled my passion for exposing more girls to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). I am deeply committed to increasing awareness about the lack of female representation in STEM fields and empowering young girls to break barriers.
With that mission in mind, I founded She.Loves.STEM, Inc. a platform dedicated to inspiring the next generation of women in STEM. By providing girls ages 11-17 from underserved and underrepresented communities with hands-on, real-world STEM learning experiences, we aim to cultivate curiosity, confidence, and the skills needed to excel in STEM fields.
Together, we are shaping the future of STEM one girl at a time.
