Elaha Mahboob
Social Entrepreneur
Playlists
All Videos (28)
- What I Do
- Typical Day
- Great Part
- MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge
- Digital Citizen Fund
- Projects with Students in Afghanistan
- Afghan Girls Robotics Team
- Technology and Innovation Conference March 2018
- Artificial Intelligence
- Why a Computer Scientist Entrepreneur
- Why Should Girls Consider Computer Science
- Why Should Girls Consider STEM
- (Farsi) Why STEM
- Challenges
- Skills to Develop
- Education
- Favorites
- Helpful Teachers
- Skills from Childhood
- Did it Anyway
- Goals
- Heroes
- Staying Motivated
- Family Support
- Advice
- Overcoming Obstacles
- How to Develop Resilience
- Importance of Financial Literacy
Bio
Watch Social Entrepreneur, Elaha Mahboob who is studying for her Master of Public Administration degree, focusing on science, technology and policy infrastructure at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She also mentors girls in Afghanistan and helps find them good resources for studying robotics. The country now has its First Robotic Team Girls. She says it’s great that more than 10,000 girls in Afghanistan have taken classes in technology and financial literacy. Elaha’s advice is to “come out of your comfort zone, explore new things and maybe you will find your passion.” She says it’s very important for girls to study science, technology and engineering, especially in developing countries.
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