Monica Groves is the Program Director for XPRIZE Connect where she manages community engagement and external relationships with the initiative’s network and executes impact strategies, program planning and recruitment. With over a decade of experience in community building and outreach, Monica leads activations in learner empowerment, intersectionality in EdTech, and partnerships, as well as, the Women of XPRIZE Initiative to promote gender parity within the XPRIZE Foundation. She has a MA in Media Communications with emphasis in Communications Management from Webster University and is a storyteller, writer, and chair of the Burbank Cultural Arts Commission.