Meet Our Admin Staff
Public Outreach Coordinator
Megan Cadena is a recent graduate from The University of Texas at Austin. She studied for a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. She currently works as a volunteer researcher with Public Invention and is currently our Public Outreach Coordinator. She specifically develops and amends mathematical and computational models of complex and real-world systems.
She works on developing the monthly newsletters, managing the Public Invention website, coordinating events with the admin staff/membership/general public, researching grant opportunities, updating the GitHub licensing for each team, and more for our organization.
Please feel free to reach out to her regarding outreach opportunities, newsletter suggestions/info, or other invention concerns via this email: outreach@pubinv.org
Volunteer Coordinator
Miriam Castillo, who prefers to be called Mimi, brings deep experience in supply chain management and holds an MBA. For nearly three years, she’s used her skills to streamline strategies and boost our impact across the board.
Mimi wears many hats: she finds and welcomes dedicated mentors and volunteers, oversees interview processes for project teams, helps shape our strategic direction, and manages our Discord server. She also leads our digital marketing, creates content for events and humanitarian engineering projects, and manages our Google Ads campaigns. Her knack for interpreting data uncovers new resources and opportunities that directly benefit our members.
Interested in partnering with us, supporting our work, or learning more about mentoring, volunteering?
Please contact Mimi at volunteers@pubinv.org or schedule a call with her—she’d love to connect!
Technical Writer
Mairin is currently an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in English with a concentration in Economics from the University of Dallas. She was published in the OnStage Magazine and is a regular contributor to her student-run newspaper. Mairin aspires to pursue a career in business and technical writing to fulfill her passion for communicating complex subjects to a wider audience.
A long-time enthusiast of disciplines such as science and technology, Mairin is eager to support Public Invention in its mission to empower inventors and serve humanity through open-source technology. She believes access to information can change the world and make it a better place.
