Omoju Miller

Software Technologist

Google.Org & UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA USA

“Take a deep breath and tell your feet to move, and your feet will move.”

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Milestones

My road in life took a while to figure out.

Currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley; studies human cognition-how people reason and learn.

Grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, where they never had a constant power supply.

Because there was no power, she didn't spend time watching TV, and she had to "invent" her play-that forces you into "maker mode."

Always liked studying how people learn; believes the best way to educate people is by teaching them how to educate themselves.

Says it took her a while to jump into one thing-"it was like when you go to the beach and you put your little toe in," but now she's "fully immersed."

Huge Star Wars fan; says she honestly chose UC Berkeley so she could be closer to Skywalker Ranch.

When she was younger, she chickened out of going to a huge conference where she could've met some of her film and computer graphics heroes.

After that, she started taking baby steps-speaking at a computer education day, going to small conferences-and now major engagements don't intimidate her.

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Education

High School

Bachelor
Computer Science
University of Memphis

Graduate
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Memphis

Doctorate
Computer Science
University of California-Berkeley

Career

Software Technologist

I do strategy. I invest in computer science education non-profits using technology at scale to achieve social good.

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

Education

Technology

Accomplishing Goals

Day to Day

I currently wear two hats. The first hat is I am a Berkeley Computer Science Education PhD candidate. I spend a lot of time researching and writing my dissertation. I do most of my work around artificial intelligence and how people reason (human cognition); I'm working on applying that to how people learn. The second hat is I help Google with strategy surrounding nonprofit investment in computer science education. There, I manage a $15M CSEd portfolio and work to grow that portfolio.