{"id":23566,"date":"2019-01-21T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?post_type=blogpost&amp;p=23566"},"modified":"2019-01-21T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T09:00:52","slug":"fellow-spotlight-lena-mcpherson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/fellow-spotlight-lena-mcpherson\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellow Spotlight: Lena McPherson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wayne State University alum, Lena McPherson is a year 7 Challenge Detroit Fellow. She serves as a Program Manager to host company <a href=\"https:\/\/powa.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PoW\u0102: Progressive Web Apps<\/a>; a startup company primarily focused on app creation within the auto industry.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this role, Lena wears many hats and is continuously acquiring new skills; app\/ UX design, creation of illustration and marketing material, and event planning are just to name a few. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout this fellowship, Lena is looking forward to continually evolving and most importantly, giving back to the communities that have already given so much. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to check out Lena\u2019s spotlight video to see where this journey has taken her thus far!<\/span><\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/bvRbcwGPTrU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/powa.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PoWa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PoWa.png 2000w, https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PoWa-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PoWa-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PoWa-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>Since 2013, PoW\u0102 (pronounced Power) has been developing Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) for some of the world\u2019s largest and most well-known corporations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne State University alum, Lena McPherson is a year 7 Challenge Detroit Fellow. 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