Laura Peckyno

Laura Peckyno serves as the Development Manager at Washington STEM. She has worked in both the education and non-profit sectors for many years, serving as a capacity and sustainability specialist with DIBS for Kids, an Omaha literacy program, and as a public information representative for the Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium.

Laura was raised in a small Pennsylvania steel-town, but she has lived her adult life in a wide variety of communities across the United States and New Zealand. This diversity of experiences, as well as her own educational journey, have informed and driven her strong personal commitment to educational equity and inclusion.

Laura holds degrees in English from the University of Pittsburgh and Publishing from Whitireia New Zealand. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, hiking, writing, and playing board games with her partner.