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An Over Coffee® special presentation As we celebrate Mother's Day 2022, Over Coffee® would like to salute three amazing innovators--who are also moms. Coding, XR and fun STEM advocate, TEDx speaker and TechPlayzone Founder/CEO Deshjuana Bagley (upper left) is a computer scientist. And her sons' interest in robotics would ultimately give her the inspiration for her Tampa Bay area-based educational program. With TechPlayzone, Desh teaches students robotics, coding and immersive technology. Many of her classes happen in the metaverse--and if they sound like a lot of fun, that's the idea! Often, Desh says, her young robotics enthusiasts think they're just having fun, creating robots and building their own worlds in the metaverse. But they're learning an invaluable skill--how to create, rather than consume, technology. An engineer's unique journey Engineer, venture capitalist and community leader Noramay Cadena (center) has a unique story. When she attended MIT, Noramay took her