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MEET OUR TEAM
OF DEDICATED TEACHERS & MENTORS
Millibeth Currie
Janette Baker
Jessica Lamberson
Michelle Maslin
Kellie Passarello
OUR FOUNDER
Millibeth Currie
Millibeth Currie created Women in Charge: Engineering Women's Lives to ensure students designed the program to encourage female students to increase their knowledge of and interest in science and math careers. She saw the need to create a program that empowered and showed students ways to remove the fear and mystery from STEM fields so students are more likely to pursue them! Recognizing the importance of making learning relevant and engaging for students, she has worked to develop and foster numerous partnerships with industry professionals, academic institutions, and community organizations to enhance STEM teaching and learning. She has provided her students invaluable opportunities to engage with STEM professionals and explore potential career paths through these initiatives. Currie is a National Award Winning Middle School educator with substantial gender equity experience. Focus on gifted and talented education curriculum development and STEM education for all has always been her priority. She loves finding ways to show students their actions lead to new opportunities and to convince them they can engineer the life they dream of having!
Janette Baker
Janette Baker has been teaching at Moultrie Middle School and helping with Women in Charge since 2012. She embraces a "yes, I can" outlook and encourages her students to take risks and try new things. Her favorite thing about Women in Charge is observing the many changes students experience during their time in the program. Throughout their time in Women in Charge, students often become more confident and are less fearful of making mistakes. When not spending time teaching and helping with Women in Charge, Janette enjoys spending time with her husband and two young kids, reading, riding bikes, and going to the beach.
Jessica Lamberson
Jessica Lamberson is in her 7th year teaching at Moultrie Middle School. As a proud alumna of Women in Charge, she knows firsthand the impact that early exposure to STEM can have on a young woman’s future. She is passionate about empowering the next generation of female leaders to explore their interests in science, technology, engineering, and math, and to believe that they can achieve anything they set their minds to. With a background in neuroscience research, she is dedicated to providing mentorship, resources, and inspiration to help these girls break barriers and pursue their dreams. Together, we are building a community of confident, curious, and capable young women ready to change the world.
Michelle Maslin
Michelle Maslin has been a teacher for 22 years and she is passionate about helping girls build the confidence to pursue their dreams and realize their potential to make a difference! With a background in mathematics and coaching a robotics team, she is dedicated to creating a supportive environment where every girl feels empowered to succeed. We are grateful to have her as part of the Women in Charge team!
Kellie Passarello
Kellie Passarello is an important member of the Women In Charge team! She believes STEM and empowerment are vital because they equip young women with the skills, confidence, and opportunities to explore and excel in diverse scientific fields, enabling them to engineer the futures they envision and drive innovation. She empowers her students to take on the design approach to learning where it is expected and ok to redesign somwthing to imporve it! The need for redesign is never viewed as a failure. She has been teaching at Moultrie Middle School and has been a Project Lead the Way (STEM) teacher for over 10 years. Prior to STEM, she was an 8th-grade, middle school science teacher in Myrtle Beach, and a middle and high school science teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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