Pauline Shostak of Maker Faire Syracuse shares a moment of self-discovery that many people might relate to. For years, she had been designing games, painting mandalas, and pursuing all kinds of creative activities — she just never had a name for it. It wasn’t until she attended Maker Faire Rochester that it clicked: she was a maker all along. As she puts it, being a maker is simply about what you love to do, create, and innovate. Pauline and her team bring that same spirit to Maker Faire Syracuse every year, with a focus on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.

