Natalie Rusk specializes in developing technology-based programs that build on young people’s interests. She is a lead developer of Scratch software and support materials at the MIT Media Lab. She also contributed to the design of PicoCrickets, programmable devices children can use to create artistic inventions. She served as Project Director of the NSF-funded PIE Network, collaboration between MIT and six museums to create hands-on science activities that integrate art, crafts, and computer programming. In 1993, she founded the Computer Clubhouse, a model after-school learning program that engages young people in creating projects with the support of adult mentors. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Tufts University in Applied Child Development.