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Charity Maricic

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STEM Hall of Fame profile picture for Charity Maricic inducted in 2021.
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Award: Teacher
Year: 2021
Organization: Damien High School
Location: La Verne, California

With a Physics Master’s Degree and 15+ years of educational experience, Charity Maricic has been bringing STEM to students throughout the community as a teacher, coach, Event Partner, volunteer, and judge. Beyond founding the successful Damien Robotics Program in 2013 as its head coach, she is Damien High School’s Engineering/Computer Science Department Head, PLTW coordinator, and Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Coordinator.

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