Videogame Innovator Vicky Wu-Davis Discusses Her Path to Innovation and Creating Impact with STEM

SPEAKER: Vicky Wu-Davis

Hear about the connection between critical thinking skills, entrepreneurship and STEM as we discuss how Vicky's degree in accounting turned into a software company in 2000 that provides technology for social games and virtual worlds. We'll also discuss how these skills and experiences fueled her passion to co-found International Orphans Foundation and Youth CITIES.

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Founder and Executive Director at YouthCITIES

About Vicky Wu-Davis

Leaving the corporate world in her late 20’s to become an entrepreneur, Vicky Wu Davis has never looked back. She started a software company in the videogame industry and ran it for over 10 years before deciding to teach innovation and entrepreneurship to middle school and high school kids through her nonprofit, Youth CITIES.

Vicky is also a mentor at MIT’s Venture Mentor Services, and a member of Beacon Angels. Vicky has been recognized numerous times in the area of entrepreneurship, such as Red Herring’s cover story “Young Moguls: 20 Outstanding Entrepreneurs Under 35”, the Kauffman Foundation for “Entrepreneurs Giving Back”, the 2004 Boston Business Journal’s “40 Under 40”, and 2015 WomenUp Honoree as a local woman of influence.

When you put the questions to the kids, A) They become more active participants, versus just passively trying to absorb the information. B) is, if you don't know the answer, it's actually cool. You can put the burden on them to ask the questions, then say, "Hey, you know what? I don't really know." Or, "Let's see." You don't even have to say that you don't know. It's like, “Let's see. Let's try it out; let's test it. We can find it out through this experiment."

— Vicky Wu-Davis