About Miosotis
As a member of the Washington Heights community, Miosotis Cabrera, entrepreneur and restauranteur, would like to leave a legacy of support for the children of this area. “Giving back to the community who helped me achieve my goals seems only right”, states Miosotis. For years she has taken part of missions to Dominican Republic with the Dominican Medical – Dental Society and SOMOS Community Care. She also provides toys for children during the holidays among many other causes. The success of these efforts fuels her passion for doing well.
Yet, she believes education is something that creates a more long-lasting effect in children as they grow into adults. She now turns her sights to Washington Heights schools and their need for funds to adequately cope with innovations in technology. Schools in Washington Heights are underfunded and have poor access to technology. Research shows that only about 3,800 students graduate each year from the computer science field. That small number becomes staggeringly smaller when the lens is turned to Hispanic children in Washington Heights. Miosotis wants to see Hispanic children as CEOs of companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. They deserve this opportunity as any other child in the US, regardless of socioeconomic level.
A passionate philanthropist, education advocate and community servant, Miosotis also sits on the Board of Directors for the Dominican Women’s Development Center as the treasurer. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Miosotis holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a minor in Hospitality from the Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE in Santo Domingo. An Irvington resident for 14 years, she’s a proud mom of 3 three children. In her spare time she enjoys writing poetry, reading, and jogging.
History
Research has proven that funding schools and neighborhood after-school programs that deliver computer science education will help inspire the next wave of industrialists and entrepreneurs.
In 2013 an article in the online magazine, ReadWrite described the sad results of a study made by the National Center for Education Statistics. It stated, “U.S. students already significantly lag their global counterparts where math and science skills are concerned. But computer science is in even worse shape: Of 12 technical subjects examined in [the study], computer science was the only one that declined in student popularity from 1990 to 2009 (p. 49).”
These stats are even more staggering when you drill down to the state and city levels. In NY there are no K-12 curriculum standards and there were only 3,801 computer science graduates to fill over 32,000 open jobs.