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As associate director of the Iribe Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity in Computing, Kate Atchison has impacted the lives of thousands of UMD undergrads and thousands more K-12 students. “My dream is for DEI to be embedded and ingrained in every single person, and it’s not this like, ‘We checked this box.' It’s an action. It’s a mentality. It’s a climate that everyone agrees to,” Kate said. This summer, the University System of Maryland selected Kate for its Staff Award for inclusion, multiculturalism and social justice. Read more about her impact: go.umd.edu/katea #award #socialjustice #college #k12 #DEI #umd
