Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC) & Technology: The Importance of Coding and Robotics

Judy is a native of Branford, CT, growing up in the New Haven area as the daughter of a Yale professor. She is a retired public school educator in the field of library media where she provided direct instruction to elementary students in library skills and literature appreciation. Subsequently she held the position of teacher specialist and led a team of educators in writing library media curriculum, participated in review and evaluation of materials, and provided professional development and support to teachers. Previously, Judy practiced law for the L.A. County Office of the Public Defender. She is a former member of the YASC Board of Directors and has participated in eleven YASC service trips, with a focus on education including projects related to beginning robotics, computer coding, library resources, and literature appreciation. She is a co-producer of the upcoming YASC trip to Brazil. She and her husband Tom Crawford ’76 reside in Maryland as do their daughter and son.

Originally from the Seychelles, Alfred majored in computer science at Yale. In one of his professional roles, he instructs students in a variety of academic mentorship programs, from applications of data science and machine learning in healthcare, to the assembly and programming of an autonomous car. Previously, he researched and developed assistive technology software tools in a pediatric hospital. In addition to being a member of the YASC Board of Directors, Alfred is the regional director for Canada with Yale Day of Service, and a delegate to the YAA Assembly with the Yale Club of Ontario. He also recently served on the Board of Trustees for the Yale Medical Library Associates. He has participated in four YASC service trips, with a focus on public health including projects related to children's health, which he co-led and gave technical direction on in Cape Town. He also led the inaugural project on advanced robotics, this year on the trip to Fort Mojave.

Karen Green was a Trip Producer with Native American Yale Alumni on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, which took place March 9-16. She is the former Co-Chair of Yale Day of Service and has been both a volunteer and site coordinator for Day of Service activities since its inception. She is a YAA delegate and a member of the Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC) advisory board since 2018, having been on several YASC trips. She is also a presenter at high school college fairs for Yale. Karen is an attorney, business affairs and business development executive with a depth and breadth of experience in the development, production, marketing and protection of intellectual property assets, with an emphasis on media. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University and J.D. degree from Stanford University Law School.