About me
Jon Santiago is the Design and Computer Programming Teacher and FabLab and STEAM Integrator at the American School of Paris.
Jon has ten years of experience working with schools, cultural institutions, libraries and community groups to create classes and experiences that are hands-on, engaging, and promote knowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). As a co-founder of the NYC Makery and the HTINK Cooperative, Jonhelped start Young Maker programs and Makerspaces throughout the New York tri-state area to get K-12 students interested in electronics, computer programming, design, and the use of traditional hand tools. He also worked with MakerBot Industries to bring the first low-cost 3-D printers into schools while developing curriculum and professional development workshops for teachers. Jon was an adjunct faculty member at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU (now called NYU Tandon School of Engineering) and Parsons, The New School for Design where he taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in introductory computer programming, computational art and physical computing. He is an original member of the NYC Resistor hackerspace, a collective workspace in Brooklyn that brings together creative technologists. Jon graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) where he worked with the FabLab program, a global initiative to bring digital fabrication laboratories to communities around the world. He teaches Design and serves as STEAM Integrationist at the American School of Paris after spending three years on the faculty at Marymount International School London.
