Carlsbad Parent and Robotics Coach Wins $5000 for Carlsbad School Programs

 is CEF’s FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics program manager. Her role includes creating program structure, advising Carlsbad FLL teams, and seeking community partnerships. Anna has volunteered to coach or mentor several award-winning rookie FLL teams and is also a mentor to the high school FIRST robotics team. Anna earned a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Illinois and a Master of Science in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University, where she was part of the team that discovered mutations in the gene associated with the familial form of Lou Gehrig’s disease.

She's now a finalist in Time Warner Cable's Super Connector Search contest. Lozar will star in her own public service announcement for Connect a Million Minds (CAMM), Time Warner Cable’s five-year, $100 million philanthropic initiative to inspire kids to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).  Time Warner Cable will also donate $5,000 to the (CEF), a non-profit organization that raises private support for schools in the . 

From November 28 through December 11, you can vote for Anna Lozar or any of Time Warner Cable’s other Super Connector finalists on connectamillionminds.com. The finalist with the most votes will receive an additional $10,000 grant for the STEM non-profit organization that they support.

To see Lozar in action helping students get more interested in science, watch the video attached to this article.