
John
D.
Jenkins
Elementary
School
is
in
full
swing
with
a
guest
speaker
series
for
kindergarten
students.
The
series
called,
"Kinders
Can
Be,"
includes
guest
speakers
who
talk
about
their
careers
to
kindergarten
students.
The
guest
speakers
are
representative
of
various
minorities
and
are
a
way
of
highlighting
equity
in
education
for
the
month
of
March.
Each
speaker
presented
to
the
students
over
Zoom,
sharing
their
background
and
what
subject
or
area
of
school
they
enjoyed
most
when
they
attended
school,
followed
by
an
example
of
what
they
do.
Guest
speaker,
Alejandra
Camino,
shared
about
her
Peruvian
background
and
career
as
a
civil
engineer.
Camino
was
born
in
Peru
and
came
to
the
United
States
when
she
was
young.
She
attended
George
Mason
University
and
studied
engineering.
In
school,
Camino's
favorite
subjects
were
mathematics
and
science.
She
showed
students
a
photo
of
herself
wearing
a
bright
yellow
vest
on
the
job
surveying
a
parking
lot,
checking
to
make
sure
the
parking
signs
and
parking
lines
were
all
correct.
Camino
shared,
"Half
my
job
is
going
out
into
the
community,
and
checking
to
see
what
needs
to
be
fixed,
and
making
sure
things
are
working
properly.
Engineers
find
solutions
to
everyday
problems."
A
student
asked
Camino
if
she
liked
her
job.
Camino
replied,
"Yes,
it
takes
a
lot
of
work,
but
it's
a
lot
of
fun,
and
I
get
to
help
my
community."
Another
guest
speaker,
Devon
McKiever
shared
about
his
career
as
a
computer
scientist.
McKiever,
who
is
a
Freedom
High
School
graduate,
said
in
school
his
goal
was
to
be
a
computer
scientist
to
learn
how
to
make
video
games,
robots,
and
drones.
McKiever
shared
with
the
students
that
he
develops
technology
to
help
the
military
protect
us.
He
continued
explaining
that
computer
scientists
teach
computers
how
to
do
everything
that
it
knows.
He
then
asked
a
student
volunteer
to
guide
him
through
the
process
of
making
a
sandwich.
Kindergartener,
Sarielys
Flores
Mariscal,
quickly
picked
up
that
she
must
guide
McKiever
in
detail
to
open
the
jar,
place
the
knife
in
the
jar,
scoop
out
peanut
butter,
and
spread
it
on
the
bread,
listing
each
individual
step.
McKiever
used
this
example
to
illustrate
what
it's
like
to
develop
software
for
computers.
Kindergarten
teacher,
Stephanie
Terezon,
organized
the
series
using
her
connections
to
her
sorority
and
Prince
William
County
Public
Schools
alumni.
Terezon
stated,
"It
was
important
for
me
to
expose
the
kindergarteners
to
these
careers
so
that
they
know
they
exist,
but
it
was
also
important
for
me
to
show
them
examples
of
people
in
these
careers
who
look
like
them
and
have
similar
backgrounds.
I
wanted
them
to
see
themselves
in
these
professionals
whether
it be by
how
they
look,
their
background,
their
favorite
subjects,
just
so
that
they
could
connect
and
feel
that
they
too
could
reach
these
careers
in
the
future.
This
year
our
kindergarten
team
is
making
it
a
point
to
teach
students
their
potential
and
their
worth
and
this
was
one
way
to
teach
them
they
could
truly be anything."