BRITTANY YOUNG

Taking Stem to a whole new level

 
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Brittany is a Baltimore native; she has programmed nuclear plants, developed medical devices, & planned satellite explorations, but finds the most satisfaction in her roles in STEM education & service to her community.

      She became empowered to create opportunities that increase diversity in STEM fields and counter negative narratives. With Baltimore City Community College and NASA, she awards merit based scholarship and internships designed to increase the number of African- Americans in the STEM field starting at the community college/GED level and to help diversify careers with NASA. 

      Brittany is the founder of B-360 a an organization that utilizes dirt bike culture to end the cycle of poverty, disrupt the prison pipeline, and build bridges in communities. Through STEM education, community engagement, workforce pipe-lining and events the organization is changing the perception of engineers and dirt bike riders. It is the recipient of Baltimore Corp’s Elevation Awards, Social Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins, Warnock Foundation, Red Bull Amaphiko, joined Baltimore City’s Mayoral Dirt Bike Task Force, won Black Girls’ Ventures Boss Up Baltimore Pitch Comp, been named the number 8 start up in Baltimore City by Technically’s REAList, 2018 B’More History Maker, awarded Community Law In Action “Inspiring Voices” 2018, Baltimore’s "Social Innovator of the Year" at Light City. Brittany became the first Echoing Green Fellow native to Baltimore City to work in Baltimore; the global fellowship has previous fellows such as Michelle Obama. Recently she has also become an inaugural  Baltimore Homecoming Hero and a 2018  Open Society Institute, Baltimore Fellow. Her work has been featured in local and national publications like The Baltimore Times, The Baltimore Sun, Teen Vogue and Forbes Magazine. She has presented at Broccoli City and Afro Punk as well as numerous schools, curriculum training and summits across the country. Since launching in March 2017, support of the program has allowed the organization to serve over 3000 students and counting, employ dirt bike riders, and work with city officials. 

      It is Brittany's hope that she can help re-imagine city planning and government best practices, create events for this style of riding that parallel to motocross and provide a model for culturally relevant programming and curriculum. She wants people to recognize and appreciate  the natural genius and talent in cities and to provide opportunity to people's passions. Brittany sees herself as a "socio-economic" engineer - connecting talent and passion with resources and opportunity. 

AWARDS

  • 2016-2017 Baltimore Corp's Elevation Awards

  • 2016-2017 Social Innovation Lab at JHU

  • Spring 2017 Warnock Foundation Fellow

  • Redbull Amaphiko Fellow

  • Mayor's Dirt Bike Task Force

  • Black Girl Ventures Pitch Competition Winner

  • Technically #8 Baltimore StartUp

  • Radio One B'more History Maker

  • Community Law in Action, "Inspiring Voices" 2018 Honoree

  • Broccoli City Festival Panelist 

  • 2018 Social Innovator of the Year 

  • Echoing Green - Black Male Achievement Fellow

  • Afro Punk Panelist 

  • 2018 Baltimore Homecoming Hero 

  • 2018 Ashoka and American Express Changemakers Bootcamp

  • 2019 Open Society, Baltimore Fellow