ANN ARBOR – Michigan Cyberpatriot President Tamara Shoemaker’s primary mission is to address the shortage of specifically educated and trained cybersecurity professionals. The funding she has obtained from the State of Michigan has allowed her to develop the Michigan CyberPatriot program.
CyberPatriot provides a structured educational experience for well over 1000 high school and middle school students and cybersecurity teaching materials for Michigan’s K-12 educators. In that respect. She has facilitated the Center’s unique engagement in cybersecurity teaching at the middle and high school level, primarily through innovative cybersecurity summer camps.
In conjunction with this program, she created a digital badging system to further motivate and distinguish Michigan CyberPatriot participation, which is the first of its kind in the nation. (https://www.micyberpatriot.com)
Finally, she and her husband, Dan Shoemaker, published a groundbreaking book for Secondary school teachers entitled “Teaching Cybersecurity” with CRC Press., and can be purchased on AMAZON.