CS Festival 2024

Meet the presenters

Don is an artist and educator working as part of The Kenneth C. Griffin CS Education for All Initiative at the University of Florida. He has worked for the last decade promoting K-12 CS education nationwide. Don graduated from NYU’s ITP graduate program in 2011. After that, he served as the Senior Director of Computer Science Academics for the NYC Department of Education. As part of the Mayor’s CS4All initiative, Don worked to bring computer science to all 1.1 million NYC public school students. After relocating to Florida, he worked for Code.org as a Regional Manager, managing 15 university and nonprofit partners in eight states to facilitate the training of thousands of new computer science teachers at hundreds of schools across the USA. Don’s creative work includes the development of software-based video synthesizers and use of nearly obsolete electronics to create psychedelic low-resolution video art. He has performed, exhibited, and lectured worldwide. Much of the software he creates has been released for free and is open source.

Don Miller

Janalyn Peppel is a graphic designer and 3D technologist from Gainesville, Florida. She received her B.S. from the University of Florida College of Journalism. She has been teaching 3D design to teachers and students for the past seven years through programs at Arts 4 All Florida and New Tech Now.

Janalyn Peppel

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