Meet the Team
These people work on making STEAM Discovery Space better.
Camila Lau
Visionary Strategist
Internationally Certified STEM Trainer
Camila was brought up as a STEM kid, despite there wasn’t any formal and structured STEM education at that time. Being a STEM kid, it was proven to be second nature for her to adapt, grasp the key points and provided solutions in many different scenarios which has always made her the spearhead management for any new business opportunity or new business development and problem solving throughout her career journey. This is the advantage of being a STEM kid that get kids for their life ready.
Her decision to start up science centre is because of her children, mainly – due to one of her children was diagnosed with dyslexia. Camila could not find a suitable learning place that can help her child except responses asking her to accept whom he is. She then decides to help her son by way of how she was being brought up. Throughout these years, there is no doubt that her children was inevitably able to adapt and find new ways to absorb information on their own terms.
With the reform of STEAM Discovery Space, Camila wishes to continue her efforts in pioneering an renew education system and evolutionary teaching methods, with aim to help all types of children whether they are ordinary or extra-ordinary by providing them an enriching discovery learning experience with room to freely explore and to appreciate the inner talents.
Mense Cheah
Creative Strategist
Internationally Certified STEM Trainer
Mense is the Creative Strategist in STEAM Discovery Space, she is passionate in playful learning and curiosity-led education.
With strong background in Software Engineering and Process Quality Assurance, enhancing organization effectiveness and driving quality excellence, innovation and continuous improvement has always been her life-character. Mense stresses that the ability to combine an empathetic understanding, to generate critical insights, to creative thinking and subsequently to have abundance in one’s thought process, are essential to make individual LIFE READY.
Maliessa
Revolutionary Strategist
Maliessa is in charge of our STEAM program’s Engineering discipline. She has been passionate in engineering since she was in high school, despite the fact that there aren’t many women in the field. She began her engineering studies with foundational education, earned a bachelor’s degree in materials engineering, and then earned a master’s degree (Mechanical Engineering). Some people perceive that engineering is challenging. Her determination and perseverance in the learning journey has helped her to acquire the right problem-solving techniques, higher order thinking strategies, and other 21st century abilities that all children need to have to be prepared for the real world.
Maliessa came across STEM-based education while raising her two lovely children and immediately fell in love with it. As she prepares herself to be a Master Trainer in STEM EDUCATION, she aspires to educate young people and adults, especially females, to explore STEM-based fields of study. She also believes that this hands-on, curiosity-led learning method will be a powerful learning method in the future for Malaysia, inspiring future generations to become inventors and explorer.
Mohamad Zahid Bin Baharom, MSc.
Innovation Strategist
Mohamad Zahid is an accomplished STEM educator. He has collaborated with various scientists from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and Japan throughout his studies to educate and promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) among the students. He is a registered Graduated Technologist from Malaysian Board of Technology (MBOT) and an active member under Malaysian Analytical Sciences Society (ANALIS) which is among strong organization in educating STEM Education in Malaysia. Zahid continues to develop expertise in Life Science and Environmental Science, which are the two of the newest yet most important fields in Malaysia.
Zahid is passionate about the area of education and science, he has published 5 article papers relating to life and environmental sciences, nationally and internationally. He believes that he could contribute a lot by applying his knowledge aligned with the development of Technology, mainly focusing on both aspects; Life Science and Environmental Science. Hence, he dedicates his long-life passion to raise the awareness and strengthen STEM learning process to produce a positive impact on the Malaysian Education System, creating an enabler environment for people to develop their full potential.