Diversity in STEM Panel

Jada K. Hebra
Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Southern New Hampshire University

Jada’s people hail from Ohio and Alabama, but she grew up in 1970s Nashua, NH, as one of just a few Black families - a fact that was featured in an Ebony magazine article “Blacks Who Live in Isolated Places.” Her return to NH after living in Atlanta, New York City, and the U.K. is a testament to her love of family and home. A restorative practice trainer and National SEED leader, Jada draws on her lifelong passion for people and storytelling to deepen her own and others’ understanding of both the bias and beauty inherent in difference.

Ebenezer Korankye '17G
Software Engineer
ChemGenes Corporation

Originally from Ghana, Ebenezer Koranyke earned his MS in Information Technology at SNHU after completing his BS in Computer Science at the University of Baguio in the Philippines. During his tenure at SNHU, he served as a teaching assistant for programming and database courses and as a writing tutor for the Wolak Learning Center, as well as completing a software engineering internship for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Marissa Mezoff
Project Engineer
Skanska USA Building, Inc.

With over 14 years in the engineering industry, Marissa Mezoff is a dedicated civil engineering project manager for Skanska, most recently serving as the project manager for the CETA building at SNHU. Marissa earned her BS in Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, and since joining Skanska in 2006, advanced rapidly through the company first as an assistant project engineer to her present position as project manager.

Lynn Murray-Chandler, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Center for Teaching & Learning
Southern New Hampshire University

Lynn is the Executive Director the Center for Teaching and Learning for University College and CETA. She has more than two decades of experience teaching at the college level and another decade's worth of experience teaching in K-12. Her research areas are largely in utilizing student/faculty partnerships to improve teaching and learning. She holds doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Samantha Nizer
Information Technology Major and Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Minor
Southern New Hampshire University, Class of 2021

A native to Manchester, NH, Samantha Nizer is a robotics and computer technology student at SNHU. After graduating from the Virtual Learning Academy of New Hampshire, she moved on to enroll at SNHU in 2017 and work as an office manager, handling everything from employees to IT maintenance. Having had a love for technology since a young age, Samantha learned many facets of IT from her father and hopes to follow in his footsteps to pave a way in robotics and lead a new path for diversity in STEM.

Iesina "Sina" Tupouniua
Mathematics Major and Statistical Modeling Minor
Southern New Hampshire University, Class of 2020

Iesina Tupouniua hails from the island Kingdom of Tonga, born in New Zealand, and has lived in New York City, San Francisco, and Beijing. Her passion for mathematics began at a young age. Through different curricula, math served as a universal language. SNHU’s mathematics program has offered research experience, internship opportunities, and a supportive community. Beyond academics, she has served as President of Student Government Association and works as a lead math tutor at the Wolak Learning Center.