Omoju's Open Road

OMOJU MILLER

Software Technologist
Google.Org & UC Berkeley

LEADER INFO:

INTERESTS:

Education Technology

THEMES DISCUSSED:

Failure Instincts Risk Struggle Experience Passion Transitions Confidence Courage Character Community Culture Education Focus Fear Self-Reflection Choices

FOUNDATION:

Accomplishing Goals

BIOGRAPHY:

• 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.